[cvsnt] Is usage of cvs.exe (as client) discouraged atthehostwhere the repository lives?

[Oliver Giesen]

Bo Berglund wrote:

> It's just that always we hear of people using cvs in local mode and
> thereby getting all kinds of problems that the cvs server running in
> client/server mode will handle. For example, will the lockserver
> service be used when a client just scoffs off its commands using the
> cvs.exe directly?  I don't think so, but I might be wrong.
> 
> Safest bet is to leave :local: alone in my view.

Actually, the longer I think about this (and what I wrote earlier on
this thread myself actually), the righter you probably are... ;)

Cheers,

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Oliver
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