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Re: [Cvs-dev] cvs features for gnu savannah
From: |
Conrad T. Pino |
Subject: |
Re: [Cvs-dev] cvs features for gnu savannah |
Date: |
Sun, 4 Dec 2016 13:14:10 -0800 |
> From: Cvs-dev On Behalf Of Mark D Baushke
>
> Thorsten Glaser <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 30 Nov 2016, Conrad T. Pino wrote:
> >
> > > I volunteer to archive CVS top-of-tree into separate
> branch and then
> > > revert specific ChangeLog commits to bring CVS top-of-tree into a
> > > state ready to accept new commits for a future 1.12.14 release.
> >
> > Please *DON-1òùT* rewrite history like this. We can find other
> > solutions-1ó¦ such as developing 1.12.14 and up on a branch.
>
> I agree with this. Please do NOT rewrite history. We can
> always commit forward the reverse diffs to unwind the history
> if we really need to do it that way. However, we probably
> will want to tag the top-of-tree main.trunk as a
> memorial-derek-price-tag. It was as far as he got with trying
> to have signed commits for the FSF folks that commissioned the work.
Understood and accepted. Call upon me for assistance as wanted.
I can turn the CVS wheels provided I am given clear direction.
If written requirements are wanted, I can draft those as well.
I want to understand FSF signed commits commission after next release.
[snip]
> Conrad T. Pino write:
>
> > 1) At this time everyone seems to agree CVS top-of-tree (MAIN) is
> > unacceptable having incomplete changes no one wants to
> complete; GPLV3+
> > in particular.
>
> The current state of the top-of-tree main.trunk does NOT have
> any GPLv3+ code in it as yet. Work stopped before the GNULIB
> update to GPLv3+ had as yet commenced.
Thank you.
> I suggest that there be a normal tag taken to mark the state of cvs
> 1.12.13.1 which was the main.trunk with some manner of
> tagname. This would allow someone to later create a branch at
> that point and work forward on Derek's design if they so desired.
>
> That said, there is much in the 1.12.13.1 which I found very
> useful and we may wish to revisit in the future.
>
> * The sanity.sh script was much improved over what was used by
> 1.11.23.
>
> * The commit triggers flexibility was better in general. Sadly, the
> commitid code while very desirable was never made into a
> first-class
> database tracked token.
>
> * Some of the CVSNT features were shared between the two projects.
> (e.g., :extssh:)
>
> * The FreeBSD 'blame' synonym for 'annotate'
>
> * Some of the mmap enhancements.
I'll include such in ChangeLog examination across the branches.
> SOme of the things not done, but would be nice if they could
> be done include upgrading the 'diff' implementation baseline
> (from 2.7 to 2.8.1).
Understood and thank you.
Conrad
- Re: [Cvs-dev] cvs features for gnu savannah, Conrad T. Pino, 2016/12/01
- Re: [Cvs-dev] cvs features for gnu savannah, Conrad T. Pino, 2016/12/01
- Re: [Cvs-dev] cvs features for gnu savannah, Conrad T. Pino, 2016/12/01
- Re: [Cvs-dev] cvs features for gnu savannah, Conrad T. Pino, 2016/12/01
- Re: [Cvs-dev] cvs features for gnu savannah, Thorsten Glaser, 2016/12/01