[GRASS5] New GRASS addons CVS repository?

[Markus Neteler]

On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 08:19:46AM -0400, Patton, Eric wrote:
> Hamish,
> 
> This is a concern I had as well for people like myself who are starting to
> get their feet wet submitting new scripts to the add-ons section. The WIKI
> method is easy to contribute now, but I had a hell of a time trying to get
> cvs configured properly - and eventually gave up as it became an enormous
> time vaccuum. Probably attributable to user error, but certainly not what I
> would call 'easy'. 

Eric,

would you mind to summarize the problems? Then we can check
how to simplify it if possible.
 
> Would this new, proposed method of submitting code require the use of
> CVS-compiled Grass in order to contribute? 

It depends in any case: if the contribution uses a new
feature of GRASS-CVS, then even a Wiki contribution would need it.

> I hope not - I'm pretty loathe to
> start mucking around with installation now that I've finally got everything
> on Ubuntu running smoothly.

Please elaborate...

Markus

> ~ Eric.
> 
> 
> >The nice thing about the Wiki is the low barrier to entry to anyone.
> >Can submitters to the new repo be given rights to their own dir or do
> >they need general write permission on everything at Intevation's CVS?
> 
> 
> >Hamish
> 

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