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Date:      Fri, 16 Jan 2004 14:57:10 +0100
From:      Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
To:        Dmitry Pryanishnikov <dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ports sup tag (was: Re: )
Message-ID:  <20040116135710.GA9678@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
In-Reply-To: <20040116145335.G39895@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua>
References:  <20040116131248.G36380@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> <20040116140426.1706ca41@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> <20040116145335.G39895@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua>

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On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 03:03:06PM +0200, Dmitry Pryanishnikov wrote:
> 
> Hello!
> 
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote:
> > > > Users should not use tags for ports collection. It's
> > > > documentated also.
> > >
> > >  Umm... What exactly is negative impact of using, for example,
> > > tag=RELEASE_5_2_0 for getting ports collection which came with 5.2-RELEASE
> > > via CVSup?
> >
> > None. But if you want the snap-shot of 5.2R's ports why cvsup ? The
> > cvsup will get you nothing.
> 
>  Then please tell me how can I get ports tree at the moment of tagging?
> Pre-release code freeze for 5.2 has been done in December, while 5.2-RELEASE
> has been available since only 12th of January. Where can I get this ports
> collection in the interim? As you know, distfiles for some ports have a bad
> habit of disappearing from the Net, so this delay is essential for me.

If you really want the ports tree that is included with 5.2-RELEASE,
then, yes, you can cvsup using tag=RELEASE_5_2_0, just as you surmise.
As long as you are aware that once the release has been officially
announced (as it has been) this is a static target and that if you
cvsup a second time you will get exactly the same as the first time,
then there is no problem with this approach.

(I don't quite understand *why* you want do that (and from the sounds
of it, most people who have answered in this thread don't understand it
either) but I will assume that you do have some good reason for wanting
the exact ports tree that is included with 5.2-RELEASE.)


> 
>  BTW, if small but critical errors (such as different typos which happen time
> to time) found in ports tree between the tagging and release announcement,
> I'm sure that they will be corrected in RELEASE_x_y_z also, won't them?

Between the time of the original tagging and the release announcement
it does happen from time to time that the tag is slid forward on a few
ports if changes has been made after the tagging that need to be
included with the release.  Once the release announcement has been made
no further changes to RELEASE_x_y_z will be made.



-- 
<Insert your favourite quote here.>
Erik Trulsson
ertr1013@student.uu.se



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