Concurrent Versions System (CVS) Question:
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What is the development status of CVS?
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There have been no official recent announcements indicating the project status:
☛ Active development of CVS has traditionally followed with new releases correlating directly with requests for new features or bug reports,
☛ The latest version was released 8 May 2008 (6 years, 10 months and 25 days ago).
☛ Since 2008 there have been some maintenance bugfixes in the CVS project's own CVS repository.
☛ There are no bugs or enhancements reported since the last code change that are complete (fulfill the requirement for a fix). There are a total of 9 reports, most of which are questions. Questions are typically answered quickly if asked on the mailing list.
☛ The info-cvs mailing list actively answer questions.
☛ Links on the official CVS page that point to the external web site ximbiot.com, such as 'Current Events,' are dead, as is the CVS.
☛ Archived information is available using new links.
☛ The last message in the Cvs-Announce mailing list was posted on 8 May 2008.
☛ The last code checkin to the CVS code repository occurred on 30 March 2011.
☛ Active development of CVS has traditionally followed with new releases correlating directly with requests for new features or bug reports,
☛ The latest version was released 8 May 2008 (6 years, 10 months and 25 days ago).
☛ Since 2008 there have been some maintenance bugfixes in the CVS project's own CVS repository.
☛ There are no bugs or enhancements reported since the last code change that are complete (fulfill the requirement for a fix). There are a total of 9 reports, most of which are questions. Questions are typically answered quickly if asked on the mailing list.
☛ The info-cvs mailing list actively answer questions.
☛ Links on the official CVS page that point to the external web site ximbiot.com, such as 'Current Events,' are dead, as is the CVS.
☛ Archived information is available using new links.
☛ The last message in the Cvs-Announce mailing list was posted on 8 May 2008.
☛ The last code checkin to the CVS code repository occurred on 30 March 2011.
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