build failure

[Phil Edwards]

Gianni Mariani <marianig@orconet.com>:
> I'm probably way out of line here but I've been amazed at how many people
> don't use branches in CVS so at the risk of sounding like an idiot.
>
> Did you think about using CVS branches ?

I can't speak for the rest of the project, but my understanding is that
nobody thought that the change would cause as many problems as it has.

I don't know what the Steering Committee's rules are for branches.  (I just
work here, d'ya want fries with that?)  I see a lot of tags for snapshots
and "bounded pointer" things.  Unfortunately CVS has no facilities for
inspecting a repository /before/ a checkout, e.g., asking the server,
"What branches are available for module <foo>?" and then only checking
out that branch.


Phil