[Buildbot-commits] [Buildbot] #959: Add 'native' CVS support

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#959: Add 'native' CVS support
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Reporter:  AHowell      |        Owner:  AHowell
    Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  closed 
Priority:  major        |    Milestone:  0.8.2  
 Version:  master       |   Resolution:  fixed  
Keywords:  cvs          |  
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Comment(by AHowell):

 Thanks! I forgot to mention I added the ability to set properties in
 CVSMaildirSource. I saw that you made the retrieving of the user name
 failsafe. The buildbot_cvs_mail.py script won't run on windows, as it
 forks for sending the mail. The forks so that CVS can continue on. I don't
 have much expertise in windows, nor I don't imagine there are many users
 running the CVS repository under windows either; I'm leaving it as is for
 now.

 The other 'deficiency' with it stems from the fact that when you check in
 files from multiple directories, each directory generates a separate mail.
 This shows up in the waterfall as multiple changes, each with the same
 comment, but different list of files, and possible a slightly different
 revision time. Annoying but usable.

 After my short experience with GIT, I'm ready to switch to that. I'm stuck
 with CVS though, so hopefully this will help others in a similar
 situation. Thanks for all all your help adding this.

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