From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:52:59 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-cvsimport: add support for cvs pserver password scrambling.
Message-ID: <7vhc0udiac.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090410093434.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com>

Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com> writes:

> Quoting Dirk Hörner:
>
>> Instead of a cleartext password, the CVS pserver expects a scrambled one
>> in the authentication request. With this patch it is possible to import
>> CVS repositories only accessible via pserver and user/password.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Dirk Hoerner <dirker@gmail.com>
>
> Junio, may I ask what happened to this patch?

I do not use cvs emulation myself, nor pserver access, and I actually have
been waiting for people who do use pserver access to report breakages and
people pointing this patch out.