On Sat, 28 Nov 1998, Jason Thorpe wrote:
> > I thought that specifying the cvs date would allow anyone to checkout
> > the sources by anon cvs and rebuild the snapshot. Is this not enough
> > to satisfy the GPL requirement? Surely it meets the requirements of
> > those who want/need to rebuild something in the snapshot.
>
>What if something changes 2 hours after the snapshot builder checked out
>his/her sources?
>
>You really want the snapshot building to provide the sources he/she used.

  Would that requirement not be satisfied by creating a separate branch (or
something else if there's something more appropriate; I'm not a cvs expert) for
each snapshot?

  That notwithstanding, I think an anon cvs server is a great idea.


                       -Dave McGuire