[cvsnt] Re: vendor branch and import problem

Oliver Giesen ogware at gmx.net
Thu Feb 26 15:40:59 GMT 2004


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Tony Hoyle wrote:

> Why?  I don't see that it changes the functionality at all if you
> don't reuse tags. 

Branches. We are talking about branches. What good is a branch if I am 
not allowed to commit more than one revision to it??? Cos that's what 
you're effectively saying if you want to forbid reusing Vendor branches 
for subsequent Imports...


> The vendor tags don't really have any meaning/use
> anyway... I'd get rid of them if it wasn't for the compatibility
> issues.

Well, for maintaining both regularly updated third-party sources and my 
own modifications to them I have found them to be quite useful.

I'm still under the impression however that we're not talking about the 
same things...

Cheers,

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