Re: [OSS] Vietnamese experience with CVS or similar

At 23:37 2003.01.27, Stefan Probst wrote:
>Dear All,
><...>
>If my assessment is not too wrong: what do you think about looking whether we can find external support (e.g. LUG or University) to coach a few people in the major Vietnamese Universities on how to use a CVS system etc.? Those people there would then teach/introduce others (in Vietnamese)....
>
>If I can get some feedback before the holidays, then I would look already where (what partner) and how (technology) it could be done.

Done. But make sure you update your cvs packages first. See:

Release Date: 2003/01/20
Author: Stefan Esser [s.esser@ematters.de]
Application: CVS <= 1.11.4
Severity: A vulnerability within CVS allows remote compromise of CVS servers.
Risk: Critical
Reference: http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012003.html
Last Modified: 2003/01/20

Then, LinCryptically, take a cvs course at home on your own LinBox, no Net required. Eg, try:

sh-2.05$ cat /etc/distro
Red Slack Enigma 7.2

sh-2.05$ whatis cvs
cvs (1) - Concurrent Versions System
cvs (5) - Concurrent Versions System support files

sh-2.05$ whereis cvs
cvs: /usr/bin/cvs /usr/share/cvs /usr/share/man/man1/cvs.1.gz /usr/share/man/man5/cvs.5.gz

sh-2.05$ apropos cvs
Cervisia [cervisia] (1) - Graphical CVS frontend
cvs (1) - Concurrent Versions System
cvs (5) - Concurrent Versions System support files
cvs2pack (1) - Creates standalone dist tarballs for apps in KDE CVS
cvsbug (8) - send problem report (PR) about CVS to a central support site
kde-build (1) - Updates and recompiles a tree of KDE CVS modules
mod_perl_cvs (3pm) - Access to the mod_perl CVS development tree
rcvstore (1) - asynchronously incorporate mail into a folder
sh-2.05$

See "man cvs"

See also "info emacs", then search for "cvs" or "Version Control" in the emacs info.

Notably, from "man emacs" :: "AUTHORS: Emacs was written by Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation. Joachim Martillo and Robert Krawitz added the X features. 1995 December 7. EMACS(1)"

Finally, anyone working on sourceforge.net has access to cvs via thier project pages.

All the best,
AD.VICE@ParadoxCafe.Net

At 23:37 2003.01.27, Stefan Probst wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>it looks to me, that virtually nobody inside Vietnam contributes to the development of any major SW package. There is some "take it and use it" (see the Vietnamese Linux Distros and OpenOffice translations), but nothing is fed back to the project.
>Thanh (translation of Mandrake, etc.) is one of the very few exceptions whom I know. True there are some Vietnamese abroad, but nearly nobody here in Vietnam.
>
>My questions:
>1) Is this so, or am I wrong. If so: who participates in which project?
>2) If so: what are the reasons?
> - programming skills? minor reason probably
> - mentality (little interest to contribute)? minor to medium reason probably
> - language skills? medium reason probably
> - procedure skills? major reason probably
>
>If my assessment is not too wrong: what do you think about looking whether we can find external support (e.g. LUG or University) to coach a few people in the major Vietnamese Universities on how to use a CVS system etc.? Those people there would then teach/introduce others (in Vietnamese)....
>
>If I can get some feedback before the holidays, then I would look already where (what partner) and how (technology) it could be done.
>
>Cheers,
>Stefan
>
>
>
>
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