Re: Checkout the sources for the release branch

["Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>]

David Kastrup wrote:
> "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Jason Rumney wrote:
>>> Lennart Borgman (gmail) wrote:
>>>> The information about EMACS_22_BASE is specific to Emacs. Where would
>>>> you suggest to put that information?
>>>>
>>> It is probably useful to list the active branches somewhere, but that is
>>> a different matter than handholding users through the exact CVS commands
>>> to use in every circumstance.
>> I do not think there is anything wrong with handholding per se as long
>> as it does not lead to cluttering of the information.
>>
>> I think the way that saves most time should be used. And then the
>> normal thinking may apply: there are probably many times more readers
>> than writers. (And many of them can potentially be helpful with
>> Emacs.)
> 
> People who want to be helpful in pretesting should get the pretest
> tarballs.  That's what they are for.
> 
> People who use CVS can be expected to acquire a minimum of knowledge
> for that.

And how should they get that?