Re: Proposed Changes

[Reiner Steib <4.uce.03.r.s@nurfuerspam.de>]

On Tue, Apr 13 2004, Kevin Greiner wrote:

> krause@sdbk.de (Sebastian D.B. Krause) writes:
>> Larsi has created the v5-10 branch in the Gnus CVS for that but I
>> still don't see any backports of bugfixes (especially
>> <uektshbot.fsf_-_@xpediantsolutions.com>) or other checkins into
>> this branch. This branch could also be used to provide a base for
>> fixes that e.g. could go into the Debian package of Gnus.
>
> I'd like to get a clarification on how the v5-10 branch is to be
> handled.  

I think you can simply do a checkout of this branch and commit the
bugfixes (possibly backported from the trunk) there:

  mkdir 5-10
  cd 5-10
  cvs -d :pserver:YOURLOGIN@cvs.gnus.org:/usr/local/cvsroot co -r v5-10 gnus 

[ I'm not aware of a more simple possibility, but I'm not too familiar
with cvs branches. ]

We can also check in post-5.10.6 other bug- and doc-fixes in this
branch, I think.  Maybe going thru the articles in
gmane.emacs.gnus.commit (or the ChangeLog files) and check for
doc-fixes and similar would be a good idea and/or do such check-ins in
both branches from now on.

> I'd like to move the v5-10-6 tag from revision 6.27 to 7.2 for
> gnus-cus.el and from 6.186 to 7.7 for gnus-agent.el.  While the
> simpliest technical solution, it modifies v5-10-6 without leaving
> any historical record.

I don't think this is a good idea.

> Alternative solutions, are to either create a v5-10-7 tag or to
> perform the actual code check-in.

I think a v5-10-7 should not be created unless Lars is doing a release
numbered 5.10.7.

Bye, Reiner.
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