Re: Use of CVS

2007-01-22 Thread Damian Wiest
On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 08:35:43PM -0800, Doug Hardie wrote: On Jan 11, 2007, at 18:28, Norberto Meijome wrote: On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:35:38 -0800 Doug Hardie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any suggestions on these approaches will be appreciated. Thanks, I suggest you read the CVS Red

Use of CVS

2007-01-11 Thread Doug Hardie
I have a medium sized application where the source is all in a CVS repository. Basically it works great as I am able to retrieve any previous version of a module when needed. Most of the changes to the application are quickly resolved, CVS committed and the production system updated in

Re: Use of CVS

2007-01-11 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 1/11/07, Doug Hardie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: one for the new development or the other way around. Will it be easier to merge the fixes to the production branch back in to the new system later or should those fixes be made to both branches at the same time? Any suggestions on these

Re: Use of CVS

2007-01-11 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
branch and keep the main one for the new development or the other way around. There are two 'models' of work you can use with CVS: * The mainline model. * The promotion model. In the mainline model, all development happens in the HEAD branch of CVS, and when you are about to release

Re: Use of CVS

2007-01-11 Thread Dak Ghatikachalam
afaik, branching off for the minor changes would be thest way to go. so you could merge back these changes into main line easily. that is the way normal devel cycle or you could establish minor and major and merge them upon completion. On 1/11/07, Doug Hardie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a

Re: Use of CVS

2007-01-11 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:35:38 -0800 Doug Hardie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any suggestions on these approaches will be appreciated. Thanks, I suggest you read the CVS Red book, in particular the section on branch management and merging. http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.html I agree with

Re: Use of CVS

2007-01-11 Thread Doug Hardie
On Jan 11, 2007, at 18:28, Norberto Meijome wrote: On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:35:38 -0800 Doug Hardie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any suggestions on these approaches will be appreciated. Thanks, I suggest you read the CVS Red book, in particular the section on branch management and merging.