| -----Original Message----- | From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org | [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of David Abrahams | Sent: 03 February 2006 15:01 | To: boost@lists.boost.org | Subject: Re: [boost] anonymous access to boost-consulting | | "Paul A Bristow" <pbristow@hetp.u-net.com> writes: | | > Well this is the method of access suggested in the Boost docs! | > | > Are you telling me this is no longer available? | | Yes, it has been disabled for a long while, because the sourceforge | server that provides the nightly CVS tarballs that I try to mirror | routinely refuses the connection. I just tried again, and it still | happens. | | > In order to help with the documentation and examples, I'm trying to | > get Gennadiy's latest and greatest updates to the Boost.Test library | > (only). There are quite a lot of files, so using the web browser | > doesn't seem practical. | > | > Please can you suggest how I can achieve this. | | Use pserver access from sourceforge, I've reaised this issue with Sourceforge today. or use some kind of spidering | software to walk through and collect the relevant parts of | http://boost-consulting.com/boost, This looks a hassle. or download the snapshot tarball | from http://boost-consulting.com/boost.tar.bzw This also works, but I only really want the test part and sorting the new files is a nuisance. | | I'm out of other ideas; as long as SF's pserver access is broken, all | we can do is wait for the change to OSL-supported SVN. | | > Is it that I (we - actually his team is five people) need username | > and passwords? | | Usernames and passwords would get you ssh access, which is more | reliable than pserver access. This seems the least worst answer. | > Probably we don't need write access. | | We don't have a reasonable way of giving you ssh access without write | permission. I hope we are to be trusted. Paul -- Paul A Bristow Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal, Cumbria UK LA8 8AB Phone and SMS text +44 1539 561830, Mobile and SMS text +44 7714 330204 mailto: pbristow@hetp.u-net.com http://www.hetp.u-net.com/index.html http://www.hetp.u-net.com/Paul%20A%20Bristow%20info.html