[vorbis-dev] Problems with vorbis sdk

[Lourens Veen]

John Denton wrote:
> 
> Hi Hervé,
> 
> Perhaps I can make up for my hijack :-)
> 
> "Yes" doesn't seem a very informative response? That's because you are a
> Windows user - you've been coddled :-)
> 
> CVS is a version control system  - an essential tool when several remote
> people are programming on a particular system. And there seem a number of
> remote people programming Ogg Vorbis (very remote people :-) This particular
> system is from an outfit called Concurrent Version Systems and (as far as I
> can see) you have to go through this to get at any source code. I don't have
> the URL on hand at the moment but a search (I used Google) will find it. On
> their web site you can download CVS and several pages of 'help'. I hope you
> aren't paying UK phone rates :-)
> 
> You'll need to do some reading and make a start on the CVS learning curve
> before you do anything else. Once you have installed the CVS, go on line
> (IE) to your home site (or whatever) then kick up WinCvs. You will need to
> enter some Linux type rubbish
> (:pserver:anoncvs at xiph.org:/usr/local/catroot - make sure you don't miss the
> colon after org) establishing the 'CVSRoot' and a password - anoncvs. Then
> you need to know which 'module' you want to access - and select this from
> one of the CVS menu items.
> 
> There is a page on the xiph.org site ('naming' I think) which explains some
> of this and outlines the available modules.
> 
> I understand the necessity of such a system for uploads and version checking
> between programmers. Why its necessary for downloading - for those of us who
> just want to have a look at the latest available - I really don't know. I
> think its to do with the Linux frame of mind..
> 
> J.

Well, you could ofcourse just download source from www.vorbis.com, in
your case from http://www.vorbis.com/download_win.psp.

Cheers,

[snip]

Lourens

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