Should we rename the MASTER forest?

[Roman Kennke]

Hi there,


Am Donnerstag, den 08.11.2007, 13:39 -0800 schrieb Eric Armstrong:
> David Herron wrote:
> >>> ...over time the URL's would read
> >>>
> >>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/openjdk7
> >>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/openjdk8
> >>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/openjdk9
> >>> ... 
>    <snip>
> > 
> > This is different in many ways from SCM systems that use a central 
> > repository like CVS does.  Where in CVS you would tag the repository at 
> > a given release, and then do per-release work in a branch... this is 
> > where we instead use multiple repositories.  Speaking for myself I've 
> > found branches and tags in CVS to be confusing, despite having used CVS 
> > of and on for 15 yrs, but multiple repositories in TeamWare is very 
> > straightforward. 
> > 
> Glad to hear I wasn't the only one who was confused.
> I am wondering about bug fixes though. Was it easier
> or harder in CVS to apply a fix across multiple branches?

It was much harder. Actually I found it almost impossible to do
reasonable working merges from several branches.

/Roman

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