[MPlayer-cvslog] r19341 - in trunk/stream: Makefile asf_mmst_streaming.c asf_streaming.c network.c network.h pnm.c stream_ftp.c stream_netstream.c stream_rtsp.c stream_vstream.c tcp.c tcp.h

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 11:21:16PM +0300, Uoti Urpala wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-08-06 at 21:16 +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > its not only checkouts but also, externals and any text which refers
> > to a specific revision ... IMO a dummy revision must be added if a old
> > revision is deleted
> 
> I think a dummy revision probably wouldn't be enough to ensure that
> existing checkouts continue to work (especially existing checkouts that
> are within the changed range). Such repository editing should only be
> done if it's absolutely necessary.

i fully agree, i never was in favor or rebuilding the repo for fun, thats
also why i insistet on an external for libswscale instead of the proposed
repository merge move mess


> 
> > and we might have to delete something one day due to a copyright violation or 
> > some private/personal data like phone num / credit card num or such being
> > commited
> 
> Given that the log list is public and has almost 100 subscribers trying
> to censor private data afterwards would likely be too late.

well, yes and no, there would be 100 people knowing it but still we should
not continue to spread the info through svn


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> > > > r18708 said:
> > > > ------
> > > > 8. Renaming/moving files or content of files, removing empty directories:
> > > > 
> > > >   You CANNOT do that. Ask the CVS server admin to do it!
> > > >   Do NOT remove & readd a file - it will kill the changelog!!!!
> 
> > > That's not a policy change IMO, Subversion preserves history so you
> > > *can* rename files now without losing history and the rest of the
> > > paragraph is unchanged.
> > 
> > well i disagree, the new text is less strict and the whole cvs->svn
> > policy chnages change it significnatly, and anyway if its ok to
> 
> What's changed? I read the first line "You CANNOT do that. Ask the CVS
> server admin to do it!" of the old policy as a statement of fact: you
> cannot do that with the cvs user interface even if you try. Obviously
> this claim is simply false now, so dropping it doesn't change anything
> about the guideline part. 

it never was a statement of fact, you can very well move files or content
of files with cvs, simply by add/remove or copy/paste or by "uglier" means


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