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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Package moves as repocopies
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 18:54:17
Message-Id: 20050702184936.GC10840@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Package moves as repocopies by Donnie Berkholz
1 On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 03:35:01PM -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
2 > Although this would require a request to someone with shell access to
3 > the CVS box, it would preserve all the history of the moved packages.
4 > The loss of history is (IMO) the _primary_ problem of moving packages.
5 I'd like to address this item separately.
6
7 The history is NEVER lost in a package move in the current fashion.
8 It's just split into multiple locations - it's a bit harder to look
9 back through it, but it isn't lost in any way.
10
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Package moves as repocopies Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>