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Date:      Fri, 14 May 1999 14:44:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com>
To:        Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports INDEX
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990514144409.20273B-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <199905140607.XAA45111@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>

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On Thu, 13 May 1999, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote:

> These are not "release engineering" tags.  We don't guarantee anything
> about the tags in the ports tree like we do in src (you move stuff
> around, the tags still appear in the right place, etc.).  So don't
> give people the illusion that it means much more than just a snapshot
> tag that might have been screwed up in a few months after some
> repository copies.

I see. It just prohibits someone from doing 'cvs co -rFOO ports/ src/' to
get that kind of snapshot. That's all.

> Or something like that.  Peter gave the reason in a long mail a while
> ago.  I'll dig it up if you are interested.

I'll take your word for it. :>

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