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Date:      Sun, 23 Nov 1997 20:03:36 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>
Cc:        Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Version Resolution?
Message-ID:  <199711240303.UAA21771@mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <l03110700b09e72675ae9@[208.2.87.4]>
References:  <199711202218.PAA11561@mt.sri.com> <199711202300.JAA00612@word.smith.net.au> <199711202321.QAA11798@mt.sri.com> <199711232328.AAA17394@bitbox.follo.net> <l03110700b09e72675ae9@[208.2.87.4]>

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> >serious.  (I don't like the solution, but I don't see it as a fatal
> >flaw - we can, if necessary, nuke the file w/history with regular
> >intervals).
> 
> That is, in effect, what I do. The only problem is that Nate INSISTS
> that we must AUTOMATICALLY recognize new branches. He is somehow
> afraid that someone might mess up the RCS template if they were to
> do it manually.

No, the RCS file *will* be corrupted when a branch is built until the
RCS 'template' builder is updated, which will totally hose CVS up when
the underlying RCS file changes *totally* out from under it.

I've explained how it happens both publically and privately, so you're
just acting like a baby by bringing it up over and over again.  Please
act like an adult and not like a spoiled child.



Nate



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