Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 08:06:33 -0600 From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za> Cc: nate@mt.sri.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Version Resolution? Message-ID: <l03110701b09f384bd91a@[208.2.87.4]> In-Reply-To: <199711241353.PAA00306@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> References: <l03110701b09f1e86cb0b@[208.2.87.4]> from Richard Wackerbarth at "Nov 24, 97 07:04:49 am"
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At 7:53 AM -0600 11/24/97, John Hay wrote: >Something I have been worrying about. If I get the latest cvs repository >in this new scheme and I then do a 'cvs co -D"yesterday" src' do I get >the date/number of yesterday or do I still get the one that was generated >at the last cvs commit? It would seem wrong to me if I get the latest one >if I check out something not current, ie RELENG_2_2_5_RELEASE, it should >be the "version number" that goes with that date/tag. No. Since we only attempt to give an approximate idea of the date of a checkout from the HEAD, you get nothing. The routines which are processing things are expected to recognize that the file does not exist and use an alternate mechanism. In particular, I feel that we should have the checkout tag determine the identification string. "Releases" are just that and can properly be identified as such. For example: "FreeBSD 2.2.5 (Release)" rather than today's 2.2 head "FreeBSD 2.2.5 (11/24/97)" Richard Wackerbarth
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