Marcus Comstedt (ACROSS) (Hail Ilpalazzo!) @ Pike (-) developers forum wrote:
Erm. Isn't it such that any checkout done from CVS from the (at the time) correct repository is the exact thing we're trying to replicate?
Nope. Sorry. Because things have been copied and renamed in the repository, a checkout from CVS of an old version might actually give you an incorrect result. Example: If you check out 7.7 from before 2005-10-18, you'll get a file lib/modules/Tools.pmod/Standalone.pmod/test_pike.pike. But that file did not actually exist with that name before 2005-10-18, so the result is wrong.
Well, I knew that, which is why I said "at the time correct repository". In that case we're aiming for the same.
I do think that everyone's ready for change now, so that will not be delayed by that long anymore.
Great. Then we don't need a 7.9 repository in CVS. ;-)
Well, since it's so easy to setup, I see no harm in creating 7.9 for anyone dying to commit to 7.9 already. I personally am committed to fixing whatever still needs fixing in 7.8 first, no need to commit to 7.9 (I'll be doing that in my private (git)branches for the time being, if need be).