[webkit-dev] New Releases Directory

[Timothy Hatcher]

Subversion tags and branches are just copies. Unlike CVS, Subversion  
implements these concepts by copying directories with the svn copy  
command.

— Timothy Hatcher


On Mar 27, 2006, at 4:17 PM, Trey Matteson wrote:

> Just curious - Why don't people who want to look at previous  
> versions just check out the current tree with a given tag for a  
> previous release?  I know CVS better than subversion, but that is  
> what I've always seen in past projects.  It seems to me like this  
> new release tree just introduces redundant mechanism (which I  
> always find confusing).
>
> Thanks for the info,
> trey
>
>
> On Mar 27, 2006, at 3:52 PM, Timothy Hatcher wrote:
>
>> Sorry for all of the commit emails from me. (No I am not trying to  
>> raise my commit count on CIA. I just have to do each move a  
>> directory at a time.)
>>
>> I have added a new directory in our open source tree /svn/webkit/ 
>> releases. Under this directory will be tags of all the public  
>> releases of WebKit.
>>
>> Here is how the directory is looking now:
>>
>> Apple/Tiger/
>> 	- More releases to be added later.
>> 	- Mac OS X Update 10.4.3
>> 	- Mac OS X Update 10.4.4
>> 	- Mac OS X Update 10.4.5
>> 	- Security Update 2006-001
>> 	- Security Update 2006-002
>> Apple/Panther/
>> 	- Exact releases to be added later.
>>
>> Look for more old (and new) release tags that will be added over  
>> time. These tags pre-date the open source project and will not  
>> work with our modern build system.
>>
>> — Timothy Hatcher
>>
>>
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