Ethereal-dev: RE: [Ethereal-dev] reorganizing source tree

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From: "Peter Kjellerstedt" <peter.kjellerstedt@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 12:47:04 +0100
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> From: Brad Hards [mailto:bhards@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 06 November 2003 12:35
> To: Bryan Henderson
> Cc: Peter Kjellerstedt; Guy Harris; ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Ethereal-dev] reorganizing source tree
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> On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 22:27 pm, Peter Kjellerstedt wrote:
> > Which of course is a no no.
> 
> It isn't that black-and-white.
> 
> > > See http://www-es.fernuni-hagen.de/cgi-bin/info2html?(cvs)Inside
> >
> > Copying is a much better way of moving files in CVS:
> 
> Its a trade-off. I think continuous revision history is more 
> important than having a simple way to get obsolete versions. 
> You obviously disagree.

Not at all. The method described in the link I referenced
means the file is copied within the CVS repository, i.e.,
the history is preserved, as well as the possibility to 
retrieve an older version of the repository.

> Brad

//Peter