On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 09:24:58PM +0200, Ingolf Steinbach wrote:
> Is there consensus among the developers with write access to the CVS source
> that the cases in which a file which was added with -kb needs to be checked
> out / updated / exported with keyword handling any other than -kb are so
> rare that a patch implementing the suggested change would be accepted?
For -kb, yes, I think it would be rejected.
Because it would break backwards compatibility.
However, there has been talk in the past that if ANOTHER -k option (or some
other mechanism) was created that acted like -kb, but couldn't be
overridden, then that would be worth while. Check the archives for around
October, 2000.
mrc
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