From owner-cvs-lib Tue Jun 18 22:23:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-cvs-lib Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA13325 for cvs-lib-outgoing; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 22:23:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from austin.polstra.com (austin.polstra.com [206.213.73.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA13320; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 22:23:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from austin.polstra.com (jdp@localhost) by austin.polstra.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) with ESMTP id WAA12112; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 22:22:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199606190522.WAA12112@austin.polstra.com> To: peter@spinner.DIALix.COM Cc: CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-lib@freefall.freebsd.org, jkh@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/tcl Makefile patch01 patch02 tcl7.5.tar.gz.uu src/lib/tcl/patches patch-aa patch-ab src/lib/tcl/files md5 tcl7.5.tar.gz.uu Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 22:22:50 -0700 From: John Polstra Sender: owner-cvs-lib@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Peter wrote: > AAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > I am beginning to hate this whole idea more and more by the second! :-( > > Why, oh why, could we not have had it imported in *source* form? I agree with Peter. The current situation is a mess! We should be using CVS the way it was meant to be used, rather than in a way that defeats its every advantage. What's going to happen when tcl7.6 comes out? Are we going to move tcl7.5.tar.gz.uu into the Attic and create a new 2MB file named tcl7.6.tar.gz.uu? The sources should be imported in their distributed form, onto the vendor branch. Then the necessary patches should be committed as deltas. This is not the same as a port, and it shouldn't be treated like one. -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth