On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 17:51 +0200, Lutz Jaenicke wrote:
> David Woodhouse wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 21:32 +0200, Ger Hobbelt wrote:
> >   
> >> Those [i_a] bits are my markers in our local code base so I know which 
> >> edits
> >> are mine when doing a (manual) merge with 'vanilla' CVS HEAD. Yes, I know
> >> there are smarter systems around, but I've been 'tracking' OpenSSL for
> >> almost a decade and tools available to me haven't always been smart enough
> >> to ensure I didn't lose local edits across upgrades. And drilling down the
> >> RCS database for every edit isn't fun nor fast like that. So marking has
> >> become a habit by now. Often accompanied with a short text about the 'why'
> >> or related info. Sorry, wasn't meant to be bothersome to you. 
> >>     
> >
> > None of the existing CVS->git import tools handle the OpenSSL repository
> > correctly -- they all do strange things on branches. But for HEAD, they
> > should work OK.
> >   
> 
> So far we have not seen technical problems when last tested.

That's interesting. What tool were you testing? I've had issues with
both cvs2git and git-cvsimport.

My normal reaction in dealing with _any_ project which uses a legacy
version control system (cvs,svn,hg,bzr,etc) is to mirror it into git so
that I can deal with it sensibly. OpenSSL has so far resisted my
efforts, which is one of the reason I find it a PITA to deal with.

-- 
dwmw2

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