I've added a link to cvs-bubbles to 
	htdocs/developers/cvs-repos/index.html.

	Frederick - would there be any chance you could add the below and
	maybe any other CVS replies you make to
	htdocs/developers/cvs-repos/notes.list ?

	Thanks

		David/absolute

On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Frederick Bruckman wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Todd Whitesel wrote:
> 
> > > There is no 1.4.2 _tag_ yet. Try "cvs co -rnetbsd-1-4 ...".
> > 
> > ah, that's the ticket.
> > 
> > But when I tried to pick a reproducible date with "-rnetbsd-1-4:19991209 UTC"
> > it complained about not being able to find that tag or something.
> > 
> > Something like -D "19991209 UTC" works fine for -current, I use it a lot.
> > 
> > How do I track the progress of netbsd-1-4 over time in a reproducible way?
> 
> Once you have a branch tag on, you can time travel on a branch the
> same way, with "-D". [You see the `Tnetbsd-1-4' appended to the
> filename and date in CVS/Entries, or in CVS/Tags for the whole
> directory.] Or you can do it all in one shot with `-A -rnetbsd-1-4 -D
> "1999-12-09 12:00 UTC"'. The `-A' is mostly redundant, but it does
> guarantee that other sticky options, like "k" flags, are cleared.
> 
> No "-D" arg can ever eliminate the branch tag--only "-A" can do that.
> The branch exists outside of space and time from the main branch. In
> other words, there is no time on the netbsd-1-4 branch when it's not
> the netbsd-1-4 branch. Branch tags, like "netbsd-1-4", are special in
> that time travel along the branch is meaningful. Contrast this with a
> tag like "netbsd-1-4-PATCH001", which is changeless. The only way I
> know how to tell the difference is that the branch tags, as viewed
> with "cvs log anyfile", have a `.0.' in the version number.
> 
>