From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 4 20:43:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21CCF16A420; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 20:43:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: from mail.soaustin.net (mail.soaustin.net [207.200.4.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDA7543D53; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 20:43:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: by mail.soaustin.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 503F152B6; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 14:43:47 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 14:43:47 -0600 To: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= Message-ID: <20060304204347.GA27362@soaustin.net> References: <20060304141957.14716.qmail@web32705.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <200603041155.33813.duane@greenmeadow.ca> <864q2erxai.fsf@xps.des.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <864q2erxai.fsf@xps.des.no> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i From: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) Cc: arch@freebsd.org, pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com, Duane Whitty , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Subversion? (Re: HEADS UP: Importing csup into base) X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 20:43:48 -0000 On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 05:26:29PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > A tag is actually a branch which the developers agree not to commit to; > this may seem strange, but can actually be advantageous in the rare-but- > not-unheard-of case where we need to "slide" a tag, since Subversion > will maintain a history of that slide. The case of sliding tags during a ports thaw is not even at all rare, hardly even barely. mcl