8. Future enhancements

Pcl-cvs is still under development and needs a number of enhancements to be called complete. Below is my current wish-list for future releases of pcl-cvs. Please, let me know which of these features you want most. They are listed below in approximately the order that I currently think I will implement them in.

• Log mode. When this mode is finished you will be able to move around (using n and p) between the revisions of a file, mark two of them, and run a diff between them. You will be able to hide branches (similar to the way you can hide sub-paragraphs in outline-mode) and do merges between revisions. Other ideas about this are welcome.

• Dired support. I have an experimental `dired-cvs.el' that works together with CVS 1.2. Unfortunately I wrote it on top of a non-standard `dired.el', so it must be rewritten.

• Pcl-cvs is not at all clever about what it should do when `cvs update' runs a program (due to the `-u' option in the `modules' file -- see `cvs(5)'). The current release uses a regexp to search for the end. At the very least that regexp should be configured for different modules. Tell me if you have any idea about what is the right thing to do. In a perfect world the program should also be allowed to print to `stderr' without causing pcl-cvs to crash.

If you miss something in this wish-list, let me know! I don't promise that I will write it, but I will at least try to coordinate the efforts of making a good Emacs front end to CVS. For information about how to reach me, see See section 9. Bugs (known and unknown).

So far, I have written most of pcl-cvs in my all-to-rare spare time. If you want pcl-cvs to be developed faster you can write a contract with Signum Support to do the extension. You can reach Signum Support by email to `info@signum.se' or via mail to Signum Support AB, Box 2044, S-580 02 Linkoping, Sweden. Phone: +46 (0) 13 - 21 46 00. Fax: +46 (0) 13 - 21 47 00.

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