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Re: Grabbing XFree86.org's xc/ tree using cvsup
On Sun, 2 Nov 2003, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
> He suggested using cvsps to generate patch sets. He also suggested
> doing our development on a branch, keeping HEAD more or less in sync
> with XFree86.org CVS HEAD, and merge HEAD to our branch whenever
> required (to get bug fixes, etc.).
>
Just a note here. This is what CVS's notion of "vendor branches" is for.
Although I have limited experience with them, I suggest you read up a
little here before making this decision.
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