Re: [Gnu-arch-users] =partner-versions

[Aaron Bentley]

Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> On 31 May 2004 12:16:30 -0400, Aaron Bentley wrote:
>
> > {arch}/=partner-versions is a file that contains one or more 
> > partner-versions.  It contains one or more fully-qualified version 
> > names, separated by newlines.  This listing may contain the tree-version.

> I wonder whether a partner line should also include an optional alias
> name. It may be useful to interactively limit queries/merges to certain
> partner versions. The frontends that work on the whole list only, may
> just skip aliases (or display them along with fully-qualified names).

Hmm.  I know from experience that aliases can be very handy, but I'm not 
sure whether they should be tied directly to partner-versions.  Are 
there situations in which it would be valuable to have an alias, but not 
have it as a partner-version?

Aaron

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Aaron Bentley
Director of Technology
Panometrics, Inc.