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Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Gro=DFjohann) writes:

> * for each Gnus release, let there be a tag RELEASE_5_8_7 or similar,
>   which names a version (not a branch)
> * for each Gnus version, let there be a tag V_5_8 or similar, which
>   names a branch and `slides' along as patches are added
> * let there be a STABLE tag which is the current stable branch (ie, at
>   the moment it would be an alias for V_5_8, but when Oort Gnus has
>   come of age, it will be an alias for V_5_10)
> * let there be a HEAD tag (need not be created, is implicitly there
>   anyway) which corresponds to the current development sources.
>=20
> Thoughts?

AFAIK, you need to mark the point of the last merge as well, to make
subsequent merging not too difficult.

> Maybe we should put a chapter on the CVS organization into the manual.

Definitely.