[Savannah-hackers] Re: Branches

[Loic Dachary]

marc-alexandre autret writes:
 > According to Loic Dachary:
 > > marc-alexandre autret writes:
 > >  > 
 > >  > Hello,
 > >  > 
 > >  > I have created a branch for Bison and I don't
 > >  > see the modifications (on the web) on this one 
 > >  > when I select the tag corresponding to this 
 > >  > branch. BTW it works fine on the trunk and when
 > >  > I checkout from the branch, the modifications
 > >  > are effective.
 > >  > 
 > > 
 > >    Could you provide URLs and set of commands demonstrating the
 > > problem please ?
 > > 
 > >    Thanks in advance,
 > 
 > 
 > For example, here is the ChangeLog status.
 > 
 > 
 > address@hidden ~/bison/work/bison-1_29-branch/bison]cvs status ChangeLog
 > ===================================================================
 > File: ChangeLog         Status: Up-to-date
 > 
 >    Working revision:    1.173.2.5
 >    Repository revision: 1.173.2.5       /cvsroot/bison/bison/ChangeLog,v
 >    Sticky Tag:          bison-1_29-branch (branch: 1.173.2)
 >    Sticky Date:         (none)
 >    Sticky Options:      (none)
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > On the URL 
 > http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/bison/bison/?only_with_tag=bison-1_29-branch
 > I think we might have those information too, because the branch tag 
 > follows the modification and it s not the case on this URL.
 > Is it normal ?

        This is a bug. One could argue this is a feature but from a
purely ergonomical point of view, it's clearly not what is expected.

        Would you be so kind as to send a proper bug report to the
viewcvs authors ?

        Cheers,

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