Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 18:18:38 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.DIALix.COM> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) Cc: jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber), joerg@freefall.freebsd.org, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-share@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/doc/handbook contrib.sgml Message-ID: <199605161018.SAA04429@spinner.DIALix.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 May 1996 11:44:45 %2B0200." <199605160944.LAA01048@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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>As John Fieber wrote: > >> > Branch: share/doc/handbook RELENG_2_1_0 >> > Modified: share/doc/handbook contrib.sgml >> >> Unless someone has a compelling argument to the contrary, I have >> been operating on the assumption that all handbook work would be >> on current and would just be brought over to 2.1 as a single >> commit in the "final hour" before release. > >Ah, ok. Shall i back the above out again? I'd suggest not.. Since this has been started already (last year after 2.1 was released), doing an 'cvs update -j' is going to be difficult. Since 'update -j' gives us no space saving in the repository (it copies the deltas, not reuses them) we may as well simply spam the -current version over the top of the RELENG_2_1_0 version.. The end result will be exactly the same in the repository and the person trying to do it will still be sane (assuming they were sane in the first place.. :-) :-) )) This is *only* an option for something like a chunk of the code that is desired to be in pretty good sync in the end. (eg: handbook, faq, things like bind, sendmail, etc that are virtually the same for both versions). Since this will blow away any 2.1-specific changes so this is **not** something that is to be done lightly. Since I've publically told people how to do it, let me spell out a dire warning for the general body of -committers: If somebody does spam something like this on 2.1 without getting an OK from DavidG (release engineer) and preferably myself (from a CVS repository perspective) [or another core member who's prepared to take the heat :-) ], they can expect to be taken out the back and shot if they screw something up. In fact, I would not be suprised if Rod Grimes volunteered to ship me his special "Flexi-Grip Supa-Thump Maxi-Hurt'em Rubber Truncheon" via special express delivery to aid in the task.. :-) Naturally, exemptions apply for people's personal specialty areas (eg: Jordan on sysinstall and so on) >-- >cheers, J"org > >joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE >Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) Cheers, -Peter
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