From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Don84-0004PV-VS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2005 18:54:17 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j62Iqxrj016342; Sat, 2 Jul 2005 18:52:59 GMT Received: from tirpitz.iat.sfu.ca (tirpitz.iat.sfu.ca [209.87.56.17]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j62InPsi002932 for ; Sat, 2 Jul 2005 18:49:26 GMT Received: (qmail 26172 invoked from network); 2 Jul 2005 11:49:37 -0700 Received: from s01060050da688d47.vc.shawcable.net (HELO curie.orbis-terrarum.net) (24.80.100.253) by tirpitz.iat.sfu.ca with SMTP; 2 Jul 2005 11:49:37 -0700 Received: (qmail 21255 invoked by uid 10000); 2 Jul 2005 11:49:36 -0700 Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 11:49:36 -0700 From: "Robin H. Johnson" To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Package moves as repocopies Message-ID: <20050702184936.GC10840@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <42C1D095.4010501@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="rQ2U398070+RC21q" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42C1D095.4010501@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Archives-Salt: 52e4d7ea-26d2-4b2a-b219-6bf56a0a0d05 X-Archives-Hash: 6d52b3861cb7f8f1fc998f50cc8573d7 --rQ2U398070+RC21q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 03:35:01PM -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > Although this would require a request to someone with shell access to > the CVS box, it would preserve all the history of the moved packages. > The loss of history is (IMO) the _primary_ problem of moving packages. I'd like to address this item separately. The history is NEVER lost in a package move in the current fashion. It's just split into multiple locations - it's a bit harder to look back through it, but it isn't lost in any way. --=20 Robin Hugh Johnson E-Mail : robbat2@orbis-terrarum.net Home Page : http://www.orbis-terrarum.net/?l=3Dpeople.robbat2 ICQ# : 30269588 or 41961639 GnuPG FP : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85 --rQ2U398070+RC21q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1-ecc0.1.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Robbat2 @ Orbis-Terrarum Networks iD8DBQFCxuHAPpIsIjIzwiwRAloDAJwJuW1JxV3myISLoiGJqiQ9ClofGgCbBI15 +Av57+lrMNfKj76IKrxfvRY= =OaQi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --rQ2U398070+RC21q-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list