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Re: ugliness in simple.el CVS log


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: ugliness in simple.el CVS log
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:22:32 +0300

> From: Nick Roberts <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:59:49 +1200
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
>  > ??? How can CVS comments break or postpone the release?  They don't
>  > affect any file that goes into the tarball.
> 
> Not CVS comments but "cvs admin".  The CVS manual says:
> 
>   admin options
>   -------------
> 
>                               ...Some even make it impossible to use CVS until
>   you undo the effect!
> 
> Anything that requires admin (cvsadmin) privileges is usually pretty dangerous
> but, in any case, the onus is on the person making the change to convince
> others that it is safe ("I done this many times and never had a problem."),
> rather than on me to prove it isn't.

Please let's trust Miles that he knows his way with "cvs admin -m".
He's one of the few project admins for a very good reason.




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