Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 09:45:58 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, knu@FreeBSD.org, Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Subject: Re: Thoughts on 'Attic'. Message-ID: <XFMail.010917094558.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20010917173640.E15600@tao.org.uk>
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On 17-Sep-01 Josef Karthauser wrote: > On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 12:34:15PM -0400, Garance A Drosihn wrote: >> At 11:57 AM +0100 9/17/01, Josef Karthauser wrote: >> >Looking at the following commit I notice however that this was never >> >done in the case of modifications to files. I'm inclined to modify the >> >code to remove the word Attic here too. Opinions? >> >> This was said in reference to: >> >> >On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 12:30:18AM -0700, >> > > jkh 2001/09/17 00:30:18 PDT >> > > >> >> Revision Changes Path >> >> 1.22.2.11.2.1 +3 -1 src/lib/libutil/login.conf.5 >> >> 1.17.2.2.4.1 +10 -3 src/lib/libutil/login_cap.c >> >> 1.3.8.1 +3 -1 src/release/sysinstall/Attic/dhcp.c >> >> 1.252.2.49.2.1 +14 -2 src/release/sysinstall/Attic/menus.c >> > > 1.103.2.15.2.2 +2 -2 src/release/sysinstall/Attic/tcpip.c >> >> Actually, I'm confused on this. How is it that changes are being >> made to files which have been sent into the attic? Wouldn't "in >> the attic" imply "frozen"? [just curious] > > A file is usually put in the Attic automatically when it is removed > from the HEAD branch. I'm not sure whether it's moved back out > again if it's re-added there later. The Attic is an internal cvs > thing and IMO isn't relevant to the commit logs. It's not moved back. Removing 'Attic' is ok so long as removing Attic doesn't break scripts that post-process the commit logs to provide cvsweb URL's or diffs. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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