A.J.Mechelynck wrote:
Suresh Govindachar wrote:
Hello,
I have just found out that while the runtime directory is
periodically updated on the ftp site, it is not committed to
the cvs repository.
What is the reason for not committing runtime files into cvs?
I see
A.J.Mechelynck wrote:
I see some comment about runtime files not having patches; but
committing to cvs does not require creating a patch; one can just
command cvs to commit a local directory to the repository.
I don't know exactly; but I think the various repositories (rsync, FTP,
CVS,
I don't know exactly; but I think the various repositories (rsync, FTP,
CVS, SVN) are not maintained by the same people. I think CVS and SVN use
the FTP site as a master with automated updates (but not every day),
so that the FTP updates trickle down to the CVS/SVN repositories after
a delay
David Brown wrote:
[...]
I had the same kind of problem when maintaining CVS for vim 6. I tried
updating the runtime files, and would occasionally get a patch that
wouldn't apply, because something did get patched in a runtime file.
Dave
Yeah. Nowadays I rsync my runtime files from time to