"Halibut" Release

The CVS 1.10 release was been code-named Halibut.

Thanks to everyone who helped us beta test Halibut.

How does Halibut differ from CVS 1.9?

A few of the differences are:

• Easier installation. CVS no longer requires external diff, patch or RCS programs.
• A number of CVS operations are faster.
• All of the most commonly reported bugs in CVS 1.9 are fixed, as well as many less known bugs.
• Security fixes and features.
• Miscellaneous new features - see the NEWS file in the CVS source distribution for details.

Why is it called "Halibut"?

Here is how Noel, our release-meister, tells the story:

You may have noticed that we've got a code name for this upcoming version of CVS. It was at Usenix this year, where I was working at the Cyclic booth, that I realized that this might be a good idea. At the time, I think I'd been staring down at the RedHat booth, just across the way and about 30 feet to the left. I thought, "Well, this release name business works for the RedHat guys, why not for us?" I then turned around and looked at the Cyclic Software banner hung in our booth and noticed the Pascal Molli fish logo. It wasn't long before I put two and two togther.

By the time Erik Troan (of RedHat) arrived at the booth, I had narrowed things down to "Anchovy" or "Halibut." You can blame Erik for the choice of the latter. :-)

What's Old with Halibut

14 Aug 1998: CVS 1.10 is out.

10 Aug 1998: The CVS 1.9.30 beta release is out.

7 Aug 1998: Added packaged distribution for Windows (cvs-1.9.29-win.zip) to download site.

7 Aug 1998: Noel sends out an update listing various proposed changes which won't make it into Halibut as well as a few that will.

29 Jul 1998: The first beta test release, CVS 1.9.29 is out. Please download it and help us test it.

26 Jul 1998: Noel has checked in a fix for the top level directory problem. He expects to finish up the symlink problem and then make a test release.

20 Jul 1998: Noel says: "It will be a day or two before I can finish everything up for the test release".

14 Jul 1998: Noel announces feature freeze for 16 Jul 1998.

27 Jun 1998: Noel announces initial plans. Mentions top level directory and symlink problem as the two big issues remaining to be resolved. Solicits "flames, comments, feedback, (cookies?), (free beer?)".