[cvsnt] Re: "cvs commit -r " problem

[John Peacock]

Matt Schuckmann wrote:
> While I agree that there is rarely (possibly never) any reason for a user to
> require a specific revision number I don't agree that revision numbers are
> strictly internal.

They are available as an external data point, but the manipulation of 
revision numbers is strictly an internal artifact of the way CVS keeps 
track of branches, vendor branches, and changes.  You are free to refer 
to $Revision 1.2.4.113$ of a certain file, but the point is that if you 
change that revision according to your own Version needs, you may very 
well break what CVS does internally.

Does that make more sense?

John