Date: 28 Oct 2003 15:08:19 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Jason Williams <jwilliams@courtesymortgage.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Clarification on CVS Tags Message-ID: <44llr52ki4.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.0.20031028105856.00ac2ad0@pop.courtesymortgage.com> References: <5.2.1.1.0.20031028085609.00afa820@pop.courtesymortgage.com> <5.2.1.1.0.20031028085609.00afa820@pop.courtesymortgage.com> <5.2.1.1.0.20031028105856.00ac2ad0@pop.courtesymortgage.com>
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Jason Williams <jwilliams@courtesymortgage.com> writes: > Just out of curiosity, why would someone want to use: > > RELENG_4_8_0_RELEASE? > > Is there some type of benefit? > One would think that the best option for production servers is: > > RELENG_4_8 Basically, yes. Tags are used for a number of reasons besides indicating what end-users should cvsup. It is very important to be able to reproduce exactly what was in a given release, even if you're not recommending that any new installations of that release.
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