Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact tomcat-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 3943 invoked from network); 4 Jan 2001 00:02:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO takahe.whichever.com) (157.22.245.3) by h31.sny.collab.net with SMTP; 4 Jan 2001 00:02:44 -0000 Received: from [157.22.245.2] (jonmac.whichever.com [157.22.245.2]) by takahe.whichever.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B19482D8B9 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 16:02:51 -0800 (PST) User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 16:02:54 -0800 Subject: Re: [VOTES] Tomcat 4.0-Beta-1 and New CVS Repositories From: Jon Stevens To: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <80F5674514B4D311BAFC0040F6A45EEE0BE285@ntserver> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Rating: h31.sny.collab.net 1.6.2 0/1000/N on 1/3/2001 3:55 PM, "Nacho" wrote: > Please explain what are the problem with branches, i dont see why label > a branch with tomcat_40 and do 4.1 development in head branch is bad, i > dont see any desestabilization or such in this way of doing things, i > want to know why is better to do things in such way, as dont see it very > explained in the messages of this thread. The problem is that say you are working on 4.0 and 4.1 at the same time. When you do a cvs co jakarta-tomcat-4.0, then you will get a directory on your hard disk with 4.0. If you then want to check out 4.1, you need to first reaname jakarta-tomcat-4.0 to something else, then checkout 4.1 on the branch, then rename it to something else, then rename your first checkout directory back. In other words a pain in the ass and potentially confusing for people working on multiple versions at the same time. -jon -- Honk if you love peace and quiet.