Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 18:03:09 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, David O'Brien <obrien@FREEBSD.ORG>, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@FREEBSD.ORG>, Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org>, Ade Lovett <ade@FREEBSD.ORG>, Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@FREEBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FREEBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FREEBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes Message-ID: <20000823180308.C12911@pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <200008231651.KAA12190@nomad.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 10:51:00AM -0600 References: <200008231604.KAA11402@nomad.yogotech.com> <20000814003636.A74639@pavilion.net> <200008140753.AAA08038@netplex.com.au> <20000819124824.E88550@lucifer.bart.nl> <20000822161835.B807@dragon.nuxi.com> <20000823091714.D650@pavilion.net> <200008231648.KAA02382@billy-club.village.org> <200008231651.KAA12190@nomad.yogotech.com>
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On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 10:51:00AM -0600, Nate Williams wrote: > > > Actually, having a strict incremental counter is fine, even with > > branching. If I make a commit to branch X that is number 100, an then > > 20 commits happen on the main line, and than I make another commit on > > branch X (now commit number 121) branch X happens to be the same for > > numbers 100-120, but I don't see that being a big deal. > It's probably easier, and less error prone, to have a single counter. Maintaining one per branch is a pain - considering how many branches there are, including different vendor branches. > Unfortunately, it makes it difficult to know how many 'changes' have > gone on since you last updated. Plus, you don't necessarily know > *which* change you are on when you CVSup the tree, since the counter is > not kept as part of the repository. Although it should be a file in CVSROOT, and so will probably turn up with a cvsup of the repository. Joe -- Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: How many times have you booted today? Technical Manager Viagra for your server (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@uk.freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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