Re: CVSROOT: remerge earthdistance back into pgql-server/contrib and move

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Sean Chittenden <chitt(at)speakeasy(dot)net>
Cc: "Marc G(dot)Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: CVSROOT: remerge earthdistance back into pgql-server/contrib and move
Date: 2004-10-11 16:42:59
Message-ID: 12985.1097512979@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Sean Chittenden <chitt(at)speakeasy(dot)net> writes:
>> remerge earthdistance back into pgql-server/contrib and move
>> pgsql-server to pgsql

> Ugh, this is going to create a *HUGE* headache for many developers.

If you had a problem with it, you should have spoken up earlier when
it was being discussed.

> I think a message to announce@ would be justified with some helpful bits
> of advice such as the following:

I agree that it needs to be announced, but it would be sufficient to
tell people to do a fresh checkout. This business of sed'ing changes
into your CVS/Repository files seems pretty error-prone to me.

regards, tom lane

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