From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2689 invoked by alias); 30 Jan 2011 18:37:59 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 28686 Received: (qmail 6776 invoked from network); 30 Jan 2011 18:37:55 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received-SPF: pass (ns1.primenet.com.au: SPF record at ntlworld.com designates 81.103.221.47 as permitted sender) Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:37:48 +0000 From: Peter Stephenson To: "Zsh Hackers' List" Subject: Re: CVS Message-ID: <20110130183748.1f186acd@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <110129214839.ZM21782@torch.brasslantern.com> References: <44CE36D4-9044-4148-BDCE-636D85AC003B@cl.cam.ac.uk> <110127195309.ZM4952@torch.brasslantern.com> <20110128221724.2f1753ba@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> <20110129231812.67a1025f@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> <110129214839.ZM21782@torch.brasslantern.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.22.0; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=R50lirqlHffDPPkwUlkuVa99MrvKdVWo//yz83qex8g= c=1 sm=0 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=q2GGsy2AAAAA:8 a=NLZqzBF-AAAA:8 a=VMwkyQxRyVfhr4mrJSMA:9 a=vBcMp4zdPpAd6rGVr3aVrGMGqLAA:4 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=I6wTmPyJxzYA:10 a=_dQi-Dcv4p4A:10 a=HpAAvcLHHh0Zw7uRqdWCyQ==:117 On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:48:39 -0800 Bart Schaefer wrote: > On Jan 29, 11:18pm, Peter Stephenson wrote: > } > } CVS is still down. It sounds like it's probably time to move to git > } after the next stable release > > CVS isn't all that's down, as I understand it. Based on what they've > blogged, they're concerned that the actual source files may have been > corrupted by the attackers. I don't think the version control system > being used to access them has any direct connection. Yes, there's a lot of stuff down, but for reasons Frank hinted at I think CVS goes down a lot more than the other systems --- that's why git is still running. So there's an indirect link. -- Peter Stephenson Web page now at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/p.w.stephenson/