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CVS Read-Only Access

  Anyone can track Zope changes with a read-only checkout of the
  sources - here are instructions for hooking it up.

  There are several top-level modules in the archives - chief among
  them is the Zope sources - we'll use them for our example.

  Read-only access is via CVS *pserver* mode.  

  Before you can check anything out, you must have done a CVS "login"
  to the CVS pserver.  You only need to login once per repository per
  account.  To login:

    % cvs -d :pserver:[email protected]:/cvs-repository login

  You will be prompted for a password - anything will satisfy the
  prompt, including an empty line.

  (In the command, The **-d** option identifies the repository,
  indicating *pserver* mode, user *anonymous*, host *cvs.zope.org*,
  and directory */cvs-repository*.)

  You only need to log in once - it causes a file named .cvspass, with
  the login info, to be created in your home directory.  All
  subsequent access to that repository will use the stashed info.

  Once your login is established, you can do your initial check out::

    % cvs -z7 -d :pserver:[email protected]:/cvs-repository checkout Zope

  (**-z7** says to use a substantial level of compression, balancing
  CPU and network bandwidth.  **Note** It's 'Zope', no longer 'Zope2'.
  The section is not maintained, and will eventually be removed.)

  This should issue lots of check out messages, creating a directory
  named Zope, with the entire distribution inside it.  The initial
  checkout creates a copy of the source files together with some CVS
  bookkeeping, in directories all named CVS.

  Once you've done these initial steps, you can stay current by
  cd'ing into any of the created Zope subdirectories and typing::

    % cvs -q up -P -d

  (**-q** says not to spew about unchanged files, **-P** says to prune
  empty (eg, obsolete) directories, and **-d** says to check out newly
  added directories.  In a pinch, you could just do a 'cvs up', but:
  you won't get new directories, nor will defunct directories be
  removed, you'll get lots of unnecessary messages...)

  If you have any questions, please send them to the
  "[email protected]":mailto:[email protected].

  See Also:

  - CVSResources for background about CVS and leads on implementations
    for your platform

  - WriteAccess for info about the who and how of read-write access

  - RepositoryOrganization for details about structure and contents of
    the repository

  - RepositoryProjects for a roster of the various projects in the
    Zope CVS repository, including details about how to receive email
    notifications, etc.