/usr/src/UPGRADING procedure info

Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai asmodai at wxs.nl
Tue Jul 6 23:56:22 PDT 2004


-On [20040706 20:02], Justin C. Sherrill (justin at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>Jeremy Almey pointed out to me that this would make it difficult to revert
>to an older version of a file; however, it would be workable once separate
>tags are available for "stable"/"development" versions, as the "stable"
>code shouldn't suddenly break.  

True, since you need to set your whole tag to a specific date which includes
said older version.  And thereby moving any other files changed back to that
date as well.

However, the average Joe Schmoe doesn't want a repository directory.  I'd
say: make the checkout style the default and comment the necessary options
for the CVS repository fetching.

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