From owner-ctm-users@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 28 17:39:07 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ctm-users@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9741C37B401 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:39:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccmmhc02.mchsi.com (sccmmhc02.mchsi.com [204.127.203.184]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DABFA43FB1 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:39:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stephen@math.missouri.edu) Received: from math.missouri.edu ([12.216.242.20]) by sccmmhc02.mchsi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20030329013906.RWXS8681.sccmmhc02.mchsi.com@math.missouri.edu> for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2003 01:39:06 +0000 Message-ID: <3E84F93A.2080108@math.missouri.edu> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 19:39:06 -0600 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i386; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021016 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ctm-users@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: cvs-cur X-BeenThere: ctm-users@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CTM User discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 01:39:09 -0000 Welcome to the new ctm-users mailing list. I thought I would get a discussion going by discussing an issue we will face in about nine months time. cvs-cur goes through about 100 deltas per month, which indicates that the current numbering system is going to run out in about nine months. There are several ways to overcome this - for example, to change to a five digit numbering system. However, the quick and dirty method I am currently thinking of using is to simply restart the numbering. This would mean that everyone would have to delete the old cvs-cur directory, and completely restart with a cvs-cur.0100xEmpty.gz. This will be a recurring problem, but only every 8 years or so. On the other hand, one of the writers of the original software has suggested that he might rewrite it to accomodate a 5 digit numbering system. Best, Stephen -- Stephen Montgomery-Smith stephen@math.missouri.edu http://www.math.missouri.edu/~stephen