[cvsnt] Re: Modules and Shared Libraries - tagging strategy?

[torsten at tiscali.dk]

Bo Berglund wrote:

>On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:27:37 +0100, Torsten Martinsen
><torsten at tiscali.dk> wrote:
>
>>We also used this approach previously, but have found that using "cvs

>>import" is a superior solution - after all, cvs import was designed for

>>tracking third-party sources.
>>
>
>No, you don't understand the situation!!
>There are no 3rd party sources involved at all. Instead we have many
>projects that use common functionality, which we have stored in a
>"Common" repository. We have utility functions and we have common
>database classes and things like that.

Yes, I *do* understand the situation. This is exactly the same scenario
that we have. Understand that "third-party" can be relative to the *project*,
not necessarily relative to the *organization*.

>The real projects are stored in various other repositories, mainly
>because of isolation issues when we started CVS. This precludes using
>modules and modules2....

Exactly the situation we have.

-Torsten