[Moin-devel] More compact backups?

[Lan Barnes]

On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 01:36:17PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> 
> >BTW, do you know of any cvs encapsulation module for python?
> >Ideally, such a module would not os.popen the cvs command, but
> >reimplement the client protocol or wrap the cvs code in an extension.
> 
> Unfortunately, I know of no cvs encapsulation module or library code
> for _any_ language. I've worked with CVS a lot and it's a common thing
> that people ask for on the mailing lists.
> 

OK, this is written from a position of ignorance, but ...

why focus on an interface to CVS? Why not instead install a trigger
launcher at the point of replacing an old page that can call any
script/program and pass it useful arguments, like the fully qualified or
relative path to the page being replaced, to the new page, the UID of 
the user requesting it, anything you can think of that the script writer
might possibly ever need? Then is would be a slam-dunk for the
individual moin admin to interface archiving with whatever SCM system
s/he wanted to use, open source or otherwise.

If I'm not understanding the situation, please forgive me. I haven't
dived into the code yet. But I am, philosophically, a great proponent of
triggers.

-- 
Lan Barnes                    lbarnes at san.rr.com
Linux Guy, SCM Specialist     858-354-0616

They have computers, and they may have other weapons of 
mass destruction.
                           - Janet Reno