On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:25:32 +0100 Matej Cepl <mcepl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:12:43 +0100, Christopher Aillon scripst: > > But also keep in mind that much of the current package workflow has > > been defined by the limitations of CVS. Our current faux-branching > > scheme was in part done because of CVS, for example. > > [...] > > Returning to your original question, which I'll paraphrase as "what do > > we gain by moving away from CVS?" Not much. A small number of users > > will take advantage of the features that the new VCS gives them. > > I think the thing we need to loose is the box where we keep our work- > flow. So for example, could somebody explain why in the time or DVCSs we > still have tarball-based packaging? So you can verify that you're using the upstream source as it was released, and not some custom fork of the code base. josh -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
