Source Forge CVS

[taocairns]

If you have Java on your machine then I can recommend the Java CVS GUI. 
It's at www.jcvs.org

Thomas Heller wrote:
> "Donnal Walter" <donnalcwalter at yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>"Jonathan Ellis" <ellisjb at my-deja.com> wrote:
>>
>>>"Justin Shaw" <wyojustin at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I have a project set up on source forge, SpellQuest,  I need to
>>>>set up the CVS repository.  Can someone tell me how to do it
>>>>from Windows or Linux. The Sourceforge how to tells you to "log
>>>>into the CVS server"  what is that? Is it different from
>>>>spellquest.sf.net?  I'd appreciate the set by step commands if
>>>>anyone can fill them in for me.
>>>
>>>kind of a meta-answer: the best cvs front-end for windows (or linux,
>>>for that matter) is smartcvs.  the free version is quite good, and if
>>>you want the extra features in the payware version it's quite
>>>affordable.
>>
>>I am in much the same boat as Justin. Generally I am pretty adept at
>>figuring things out for myself, but somehow I am missing one or two crucial
>>steps. Part of the problem is that all the instructions seem to be written
>>for Unix users and for the moment at least I am stuck with Windows.
>>
>>So, I downloaded smartcvs and ran the setup. It looks like it is exactly
>>what I need, but again, I can't quite get it to connect with my project on
>>SF. Here is my first specific question. Does smartcvs have all I need to
>>make this connection, or do I need to download some kind of SSH support as
>>well? Thanks.
> 
> 
> I don't know anything about smartcvs, but here are instructions
> how to set up "cmdline CVS using SSH under Windows":
> 
> http://www.python.org/dev/devfaq.html#windows
> 
> They worked for me.
> 
> Thomas