Quoting Molle Bestefich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Does it? How does having a stable and unstable branch differ from
having stable and unstable keywords?
Agreed. That doesn't make sense.
It does if you have a separate stable tree per-arch. With the current
tree design, it's too easy to break an arch that you've no intention
of affecting.
However, if you have a separate tree per-arch, that tree can be tested
and approved for release as a single unit.
From a SCM point of view, arches are a subset of the full Gentoo
tree. They would fit very well into a branching model - and
Subversion's support for branching would make it a breeze for us to
support without overloading the arch teams.
If you want central control of what's happening in the repository,
Subversion seems like the way to go.
Better to fix the design of the repository, so that it can't be broken
in the first place, than to try putting band-aids in place to cover
the gaps.
I don't think so. You really rarely do a complete checkout.
I'd be interested to see some stats from our CVS logs to back that up.
Best regards,
Stu
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