> > > Any chance of getting CVSup to transfer from a remote repository
> > > to a local vendor branch, instead of from a remote repository to
> > > a local repository?
> >
> > The problem is that you aren't just transferring bits from the HEAD, but
> > from multiple active branches. As John already stated, CVS doesn't
> > handle multiple 'vendor' branches well (and in this case, the FreeBSD
> > tree has vendor (CSRG) branches, FreeBSD vendor branches (RELENG_2,
> > RELENG_3, ..., contrib vendor branches (TCSH, GCC, etc..)
> >
> > CVS is simply not setup to do what you ask. :(
>
> No, Terry's idea is sound as long as you only try to track one branch
> of FreeBSD.
So, you're saying that the person would choose the branch (which may be
RELENG_4 *OR* HEAD). I can see how that would work for RELENG_4, but
for the HEAD, many of the files on the HEAD in /usr/src/contrib are on
vendor branches, which means it would be a *nightmare* to get that right
(IMO).
> I.e., you consider FreeBSD to be your vendor, and you do
> a checkout-mode type of fetch from a branch of the FreeBSD repository
> and directly import it onto your own vendor branch. This would meet
> the needs of a lot of people, e.g., companies who make products based
> on FreeBSD.
Agreed. Although, it may not be as useful to developers, who often have
to track development in multiple branches (for MFC's).
> I have had this on my to-do list for a long time, but I have no idea
> if or when it'll ever get implemented. It would require a focused
> period of working on it that I just don't have these days. Maybe if
> the economy gets worse ...
*sigh* Let's hope it doesn't come down to that.
Nate
To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
