X Strike Force XFree86 SVN commit: r2204 - /
Author: branden
Date: 2005-02-19 02:47:22 -0500 (Sat, 19 Feb 2005)
New Revision: 2204
Modified:
NEWS.xhtml
Log:
Disable link to ViewCVS on necrotic and announce why.
Modified: NEWS.xhtml
===================================================================
--- NEWS.xhtml 2005-02-19 07:41:13 UTC (rev 2203)
+++ NEWS.xhtml 2005-02-19 07:47:22 UTC (rev 2204)
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@
<ul>
<li><a href="trunk/debian/local/FAQ.xhtml">The Debian X FAQ</a></li>
- <li><a href="/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/">X Strike Force Subversion repository (ViewCVS)</a></li>
-
<li><a href="/xsf/XFree86/">X Strike Force XFree86 Subversion repository snapshots and information</a></li>
<li><a href="#news">News and announcements</a></li>
@@ -80,6 +78,12 @@
<h2 id="news">News and announcements</h2>
+ <p>[19 February] <strong>ViewCVS access to the Subversion repositories on <code>necrotic</code> has been
+ discontinued.</strong> ViewCVS does not appear to grok FSFS-backed repositories, and the package does not seem to
+ be getting much attention from its maintainer (the version currently in Debian unstable doesn't serve webpages with
+ working image links, for example). I am looking into switching to Apache 2.0 for its DAV-based repository browsing
+ support. <address>branden</address></p>
+
<p>[19 February] <strong>XFree86 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12 has been accepted into Debian unstable.</strong> I handled this
release. It fixes <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/295175";>Bug #295175</a>, which corrects a failure of the
<code>xfree86-common</code> and <code>xdm</code> packages to purge, which in turn caused much grief for the
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