sorry: this suggestion - a full tagging of an entire project - was a mistake.
i repeat, i am NOT advocating that the use of branching like this is a good idea. in fact, it is an extremely dangerous one. imo. luke On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Greg Stein wrote: > > > I don't think it has anything to do with mechanics, nor will throwing more > > process at the problem fix it. (more process will simply bog down what we > > can accomplish) > > ...? if nothing else: > > cd apr > cvs tag -b apr_dev [needs recursive option] > > cd .. > mkdir apr_dev; cd !$ > cvs co -r apr_dev apr > > cd .. > > mkdir httpd_combined; cd !$ > cvs co httpd > rm -fr apr > mv ../apr_dev apr > > this assumes that the apr library is in httpd/apr, which it probably > isn't, it's probably in httpd/src. > > the same process applies to if you want to use the version of apr that's > already in httpd, except you do: > > rm -fr httpd/apr > cvs co -r apr_dev httpd/apr > > > > No... the problem is about perception. The rate of change recently has just > > been quite high. It just isn't very conceivable to make a release in that > > environment. > > ... > > ah, that's different. > > _however_ :) once you _get_ to the point where cvs main is > always-releasable, then using this multi-tag process could help make cvs > main _remain_ always-releasable. > > for, as you described - some significant modifications to mod_include > could be done in a dev_mod_include_rewrite tag, and only when completed > are they cvs merged into cvs main. > > surely that's not too much process to cause more pain than the benefits > are worth, neh? > > *shrug* :) > > luke > > ----- Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > "i want a world of dreams, run by near-sighted visionaries" > "good. that's them sorted out. now, on _this_ world..." > > ----- Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- "i want a world of dreams, run by near-sighted visionaries" "good. that's them sorted out. now, on _this_ world..."
