On 11 Jul 2005 22:51:03 +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: > > > just FYI there's a baz branch tracking MAIN available at > > http://bazaar.ubuntu.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/fvwm--MAIN--0/. We'll > > try and keep that synced to CVS daily and would encourage anyone who's > > playing with baz/tla/arch to check it out. > > Er, what does all of this mean?
This means packagers at Ubuntu (and similarly at Debian) use GNU Arch like revision control systems (tla or baz clients) to keep mainstream and distribution specific changes (branches) of projects like fvwm. GNU Arch is similar to cvs/svn in spirit, but uses a different decentralized approach allowing remote branches and participation (often each developer manages personal branches on his own machine). This specific MAIN branch is just a real-time copy of the cvs history (4319 commits so far). It is unclear whether they provide this branch so anyone willing to develop using bazaar/arch may have a common ancestry/history, or they will also create at least one more branch with their own fvwm changes. Merging between related branches is easy in arch. For more info, see the last link in the Manoj Srivastava message. Regards, Mikhael.
