Re: Checkout the sources for the release branch

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

Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2007-05-24 12:48,
> "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> wrote:
>> David Kastrup wrote:
>>> It isn't what will be released.  What will be released is
>>> what is _tagged_ as the release, and once it is tagged, there
>>> will be a tarball for it.  If we are in the process of being
>>> close to a release, we also have pretest tarballs.
>> Thanks, but I am not sure I understand the difference.
> 
> David means that the current state of the source tree in the
> `EMACS_22_BASE' branch is not finalized for a release, and there may
> very well be several commits *in* the branch before the "head of the
> branch" is considered release-quality.
> 
> Lennart, I see that elsethread, people have helped you with the -r
> option of cvs(1) for checking out from the branch (instead of the main
> CVS "HEAD" branch).  If that is not enough, or if you need help with the
> `EMACS_22_BASE' branch and the necessary CVS options to make good use of
> it, please feel free to ask me.  I've been using CVS extensively for
> more than 10 years now, so please consider this an offer for a helping
> hand whenever you are intrigued by the way CVS works.
> 
> Guys, there's no need for lengthy, flame-like threads.  I'm sure we all
> have better ways to spend our time.  Lennart had a question about CVS
> usage, we answered it.  I am surprised this thread is still going after
> so many days!


Thanks Giorgos. I appreciate your kindness and will remember your offer.