On 05 Feb 2009, at 13:36, Nigel Metheringham <nigel.metheringham@???
> wrote:
> It was pointed out to me that the exim daily snapshots were very out
> of date. I didn't actually know we were producing snapshots - and in
> fact I was right, we aren't.
>
> Instead, the old ftp site - ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk - still has ancient
> snapshots on there. The current ftp site (ftp.exim.org) does not.
>
> It would be possible to make daily snapshots. However I'm not
> convinced its worth the effort (and it will tend to churn the ftp
> mirrors). Anyone who wishes to have the latest shiniest buggiest code
> to play with can pull a copy from our cvs mirror - see http://wiki.exim.org/EximDevelopment#AnonymousCVS
>
> So my inclination is:-
> 1. Get the old snapshots deleted (they are confusing)
> 2. Hunt down and change documentation referring to them
> 3. Publicise anonymous CVS
>
> Would anyone like to violently disagree with this?
>
>
I totally agree. It would be much clearer and more in line with what
most other projects do.
The only problem I could see with this is people in a company context
and unable to use cvs behind proxies.
