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gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu schreef op za 08-10-2016 om 15:58 [+0200]:
>
> On Sat, 8 Oct 2016, Richard Rasker (rasker AT linetec DOT nl) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
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> > Hm, this is a bit confusing. From what you mention here, I probably use
> > the mainline version: This morning, I pulled in a PCB update from the
> > mehanik/unstable PPA, and from the build date (today's date), I assumed
> > it was your fix. But apparently, that is not necessarily the case.
> > How can I see what branch I'm using? Is 'pcb' the mainline, and
> > 'pcb-rnd' the rnd branch?
>
> Pcb-rnd is a fork. Take it as a totally separate project. Since pcb-rnd
> does not have branches, its name is simply pcb-rnd. I am a pcb-rnd
> developer, all my improvements and fixes go in pcb-rnd. In majority of the
> cases these fixes don't end up in mainline so it's very unprobable you
> get a new segfault in mainline after I make a modification in pcb-rnd.
>
> Anything else called "pcb" on this list is a reference to one of the
> branches of mainline.
>
> HTH,
>
> Igor2
OK, thanks, this clarifies things a bit. I think I'll look into the rnd
fork and pcb branches in some more depth as soon as I have a little more
time, as I very much like to see what's going on with what is probably
my favourite piece of software :-)
Thanks again,
Best regards,
Richard Rasker
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