From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17446 invoked by alias); 22 Sep 2003 19:34:59 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 17439 invoked from network); 22 Sep 2003 19:34:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO conn.mc.mpls.visi.com) (208.42.156.2) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 22 Sep 2003 19:34:58 -0000 Received: from grante.comtrol.com (isis.visi.com [209.98.98.8]) by conn.mc.mpls.visi.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 04D92BE72 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 14:34:58 -0500 (CDT) Received: (qmail 17014 invoked by uid 500); 22 Sep 2003 19:34:10 -0000 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:34:00 -0000 From: Grant Edwards To: Gary Thomas Cc: eCos Discussion Message-ID: <20030922143404.A16998@visi.com> References: <20030922094312.A14731@visi.com> <20030922151746.GD9007@lunn.ch> <20030922135850.A16749@visi.com> <1064257860.1015.329.camel@hermes> <20030922141933.A16918@visi.com> <1064258968.1015.337.camel@hermes> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <1064258968.1015.337.camel@hermes>; from gary@mlbassoc.com on Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 01:29:28PM -0600 Subject: Re: [ECOS] Keeping 2.0 source tree up to date X-SW-Source: 2003-09/txt/msg00400.txt.bz2 On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 01:29:28PM -0600, Gary Thomas wrote: > What I do is have my own CVS server (repository). Then, at > certain times such as starting a new project, I merge the > public CVS to the trunk of my local tree. I then tag it and > work from there - all local. That way, I have an exact copy of > the public tree I started from, as well as any changes I needed > to make for the project. If/when it makes sense, I can then > also push my local changes back to the public tree. That's definitely the right way to do it. I've just been reading up on CVS "vendor" tags" which appear to be designed for just such situations. Unfortunately, I'd still have to use MS VSS as well as local a CVS repository, but that's another issue. -- Grant Edwards grante@visi.com -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://sources.redhat.com/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/ecos-discuss