Re: CVS

[Seth Mos <knuffie@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 15:38 6-7-2001 -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Bas wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using XFS for a couple of months now and have had no real problems yet
> > so, it rocks.
> >
> > I was wondering if it's possible to add another CVS tree, right now I've
> > only got 2 options: an old kernel or a pre kernel (right ?). The other tree
> > I would like to see is current kernel with enhancements.
>
> There has been some discussion on this... perhaps we can see what our
> users want.
>
> What I'm planning on doing is taking our 1.0.1 tree (which will be
> exported via CVS soon), and keep it up to date with "official" Linus
> kernels, i.e. 2.4.6, 2.4.7, 2.4.8 etc - until 1.0.2 comes out, which
> will then begin tracking 2.4.9, 2.4.10 (for example).  And generate
> patches along the way (no RPMs for this, probably, too much work...)

me like
This is a nice way to keep production systems up-to-date and keep the 
-devel tree for al the -pre versions on your test systems separated.

> That way, people who don't necessarily want to track XFS development can
> still have stable XFS for the latest "Linus" kernel, and those who want
> to live on the edge can be swept along with the -preX kernels in the
> devel tree.

Yes Please!


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Seth
Every program has two purposes one for which
it was written and another for which it wasn't
I use the last kind.