Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 03:09:12 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: chuckr@glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Cc: opsys@mail.webspan.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Annother patch for Mozilla Message-ID: <199804030309.UAA21161@usr04.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980402075611.299C-100000@localhost> from "Chuck Robey" at Apr 2, 98 07:58:42 am
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> > this is why i think someone needs to start a CVS tree for the source. > > The patches are starting to fly. :) > > > > So again *prod* *prod* anyone with the resources care to start a mozilla > > CVS tree? *prod* *prod* > > It seems to me that, in offering to be a clearing house for patches > itself, and announcing they are starting a cvs tree too, the netscape > folks have a clear right to be kinda insulted at this. Why not use > their services? If they later prove to be insufficient, then maybe this > might be justified, but not without some reason. It seems to me that the FreeBSD folks working on Mozilla will have the same problem with this setup that I have with the FreeBSD setup: an inability to maintain local patche streams with history. So long as there are two or more versions of FreeBSD being maintained, it kind of makes sense to maintain a FreeBSD repository. Of course, if CVSup were modified to bring changes in on a continuously updated vendor branch, and tag when it did it, it would be a hell of a lot easier to make and track local changes in your CVS tree without them getting stomped by CVSup. In fact, I wish CVSup would do this for people supping FreeBSD and making large amounts of local mods (as I do), just as it would benefit FreeBSD users CVSup'ing from a FreeBSD repository that CVSup'ed from a Mozilla repository (presuming they set up a server at their site). Mozilla -> Vendor Branch (vendor=Mozilla) FreeBSD -> Vendor Branch (vendor=FreeBSD) ... Ad infinitum... Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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