Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 10:49:51 +0200 From: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steveo@eircom.net> To: "David A. Panariti" <davep@who.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Staying *really stable* in FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010623104951.5bd243ea.steveo@eircom.net> In-Reply-To: <200106221621.f5MGL2435108@baloo.ne.mediaone.net> References: <200106221621.f5MGL2435108@baloo.ne.mediaone.net>
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On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 12:21:02 -0400
"David A. Panariti" <davep@who.net> wrote:
DP> The only issue I see is when a RELENG_X_Y appears after an
DP> RELENG_X+1_Z has begun. My choice is highest X wins. Since the
Not all will agree with this choice. (RELENG_X+1_Z represents the best
that can be done with feature set X+1 which may not suit someone who only needs
feature set X or even X-1).
DP> Like I said before, I would be more than happy to do it myself, if I
DP> had programmatic access to all tags. Here's an "AI" program to make
DP> the "decision":
CVS does not lend itself to automagic tags (look into the cvs documentation)
so the only way is to run a script to move the tag around. You might just as well use
a script or accept that it is really rather pointless automating a trivial task that
gets performed once every few months. If you really want to do this keep your own copy
of the repository and tag it yourself with a script just after the cvsup run. Make a
port of the script and send-pr it in for anyone else who wants to.
DP> And regardless, this is a stream *I* would track, so it is not
DP> 100% wrong.
Somehow you have to decide or codify rules for the jump in either first or
second place. It is not a trivial decision and it is far from clear that the same
rule will apply for every release so making it a manual decision is really a *good*
idea.
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