Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 17:55:55 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> Cc: obrien@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src - Imported sources Message-ID: <20010617005555.228B5390F@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200106161717.f5GHHmV41405@harmony.village.org>
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Warner Losh wrote:
> In message <20010616120129.DE1DA390F@overcee.netplex.com.au> Peter Wemm write
s:
> : Second vendor branches (eg: 1.1.2.*) cause **way** more trouble than
> : they're worth.
>
> Peter,
> I'm unaware of this restriction. Can you say a few words
> about why this is the case? I don't doubt you, but it is good to know
> why.
Consider this: when you last did a 'cvs import' on FreeBSD, did you check
to see if the current vendor branch was 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 or something else?
The only time people *other* than the original importer get to find out
about this is after they've made a big mistake and imported onto the
default 1.1.1 branch and made a good mess of things.
Yes it works, but it requires much more continuous vigilance than is
typically spent. It is hard enough to get different people to use the
same symbolic tag for the vendor branch..
Personally, I dont think it makes sense for FreeBSD unless we're going to
be tracking *multiple* vendors for something at once. We dont do that
anywhere right now.
Cheers,
-Peter
--
Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au
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