Hi Willem!
Thank you for your rapid reply and for making CLPython, which, I believe, should be THE proper implementation of Python!

I've done what you kindly advised me to do. Tracing gave me the following:

al@helen:~$ cvs -t -d :pserver:cvspublic@cvspublic.franz.com:/cvs-public login
  -> main: Session ID is IxeXwAXJJZG5tyyt
  -> main loop with CVSROOT=/cvs-public
Logging in to :pserver:cvspublic@cvspublic.franz.com:2401/cvs-public
CVS password:
  -> Connecting to cvspublic.franz.com(67.207.112.67):2401.
cvs [login aborted]: connect to cvspublic.franz.com(67.207.112.67):2401 failed: Connection refused

Maybe, my IP was regarded suspictious by the firewall on the server side? No idea so far. If it works for everyone else, apart from me, it should be my problem. I'll think about it a bit more. Thank you anyway!

If cvs fails again, I'll send you a zip file, okay?
Yes, if you could, please? That would be great!


On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Willem Broekema <metawilm@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Al, welcome to the list.

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Al Bat <alan.bat@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry for asking such a stupid question. Is there any other way to download
> the current snapshot of  CLPython? I've tried "cvs -d
> :pserver:cvspublic@cvspublic.franz.com:/cvs-public login" with password
> "cvspublic", as it was recommended. However, as a result, I receive only
> "Connection refused" from the server. I'm not sure, whether the failure is
> at the server's side.

It is working for me. Could you please try it once again? Maybe the
server at Franz was temporarily offline or something. But if it fails
again, please use the trace option, -t, and send me that trace. I'll
look into it then. So the commands become:

 cvs -t -d :pserver:cvspublic@cvspublic.franz.com:/cvs-public login
 password: cvspublic
 cvs -t -d :pserver:cvspublic@cvspublic.franz.com:/cvs-public checkout clpython

> Can anybody confirm that this cvs way works. And in
> the case if it doesn't, can anybody be so kind to give me a hint on any
> alternative way of getting CLPython. By the way, how big is it? Maybe, it
> can be sent via email?

If cvs fails again, I'll send you a zip file, okay?

- Willem