Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 18:13:58 +1000 (EST) From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: on the subject of changes to -RELEASEs... Message-ID: <199704070819.BAA00363@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199704070735.RAA05938@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Apr 7, 97 05:05:19 pm
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In some mail from Michael Smith, sie said:
> Darren Reed stands accused of saying:
> > I've noticed some commits recently for RELENG_2_2 and as other have
> > commented, this changes (totally) a set of files for 2.2.1.
>
> No, it changes files for 2.2-stable. 2.2.1 is history; you are watching
> the normal progression towards the next 2.2.x release.
okay, I think I understand the labels so far:
RELENG_2_2_1_RELEASE:1.7
RELENG_2_2_0_RELEASE:1.7
RELENG_2_2:1.7.0.2
and RELENG_2_2 is actually "2.2-STABLE". Yes, previously I'd never
noticed the other RELENG_2_2_* tags and was confusing things.
> Yeah, right. Don't get me started there 8) Just to observe that
> having a set of diffs against "something" is nothing compared to
> having a local copy of the entire CVS repository for the subsystem in
> question.
What if I don't want an entire CVS repository ?
> And configuring CVSup is _simple_ and _painless_ and it is the
> greatest joy of any software I have ever met in regard to source
> tracking.
Why do I need CVSup ? What if I don't want to allow CVS through my
firewall (or sup for that matter) ? (at this point, CVSup implies
maintaining a CVS tree as well as a src tree to compile from).
Sure, CVS might be superior to using diffs, BUT, big BUT here, using CVS
will require TWICE the space to store the source.
Maybe I bought FreeBSD 2.2 on CD-ROM, I want to upgrade to 2.2.1.
Alternatives currently are:
* buy the new CD when it becomes available
* download all the binaries
* download all the source
* setup cvsup
IMHP, this is not exactly "user friendly".
Darren
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