Mail Archives: cygwin-developers/2001/09/24/18:52:52
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To: <cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: CVS branches RFC
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 08:45:52AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
> >> I don't think that I really have the authority to allow people to
> >> create branches in newlib. Maybe we should get permission from
> >> newlib AT sources DOT redhat DOT com before creating branches there.
> >
> >newlibs not _really_ essential, as changes occur relatively rarely
> >there, I'm just making sure I don't cause havoc :}.
> >
> >If I call
> >cvs -z9 -q rtag -r HEAD -b foo src/winsup
> >cvs -z9 -q rtag -r foo Z-foo_merge_HEAD src/winsup
>
> Probably, but it would be safer to actually be in the winsup
> directory, I think.
Yes, that would be called from within winsup.
> Also, is there a reason why you're using rtag? I've always
> found that to be slightly less intuitive than 'tag' since
> you end up tagging the versions in your sandbox rather than
> the versions on the server.
This is from the script - it cp -p's the working directory (with
whatever changes you have that made you go "gee I need a branch for
this") - and then checks it in under the new tag.
> >from within winsup in a checked out sources repository, will that be
ok?
> >(ie will that avoid affecting newlib).
> >
> >> Should we create another directory in winsup for dealing with
> >> these kind of things like "winsup/scripts" or "winsup/maint"?
> >
> >maint sounds good - room for other things too. If it's ok, I'll
upload
> >the scripts for folk to have a look at.
>
> Sure. If you want to create the maint directory now and check things
in,
> that would be ok, too.
Ok, will do.
Rob
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