Re: [pgsql-www] Contrib/earthdistance missing from cvsweb. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [pgsql-www] Contrib/earthdistance missing from cvsweb.
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Msg-id 200410041712.i94HCJo00266@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [pgsql-www] Contrib/earthdistance missing from cvsweb.  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>)
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Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
> > Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> >> If I correctly remember the issue, if I merge earthdistance back into
> >> the main source tree (which is a simple mv operation and cvs update
> >> on the modules file), it will potentially break everyone's currently
> >> checked out CVS source, since the 'paths' will change in the CVS/Root
> >> file ...
> >
> > This whole thing has been a mess that has been dragging on for too long.
> > I suggest that after the release we make a clean break and put things
> > back the way they were before (that is, one single pgsql module).
>
> Agreed, but Bruce is calling for this *during* beta, which I'm not
> comfortable with ... if anyone else wants to agree with Bruce, I'll do it,
> as I know it won't affect me ...
>

Seems we have 100% agreement so far.  Beta is a better time to require a
cvs fresh checkout than during development.

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