Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 10:50:35 -0800 (PST) From: Andrew Sherrod <ixkatl@yahoo.com> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: So, exactly what *was* purged? Message-ID: <19981228185035.9544.rocketmail@send104.yahoomail.com>
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Out of curiosity, how does one subscribe to -commit? Majordomo says it is a closed list and provides a contact email address which rejects my messages. ---Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Pat Barron wrote: > > > I know someone asked this, but I have not seen an answer: Could someone > > provide a list of exactly what was purged? It would be handy to know > > things like, "this was purged, and is absolutely *not* coming back", or > > "this was purged, but is being considered for reinstatement", but what I > > really want to know is *exactly* what is now (today) gone, that used to be > > there. > > > > BTW, I note that these items were said to be moved "to the attic"? My > > apologies if this is in a FAQ somewhere, but is this mythical "attic" of > > cast-off FreeBSD pieces accessible to the public? If so, how/where? > > If you're tracking current, then you're supposed to also monitor the > FreeBSD-committers list (it says this in the Handbook, and it's a real > requirement). All the things taken out were detailed in that list. > > Attic (with the capital A) is the directory created by cvs to store > stuff that's been deleted. cvs itself never forgets anything, it just > no longer retrieves that, when you check out a copy of current from your > archive. cvs will happily give out the older stuff, if you use the > right date or release code. > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data > chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. > 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | > Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) > (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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