[mythtv] Start using Mythtv/cvs

Matt Zimmerman mythtv-dev@snowman.net
Sun, 29 Dec 2002 13:14:39 -0500


On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 11:23:49AM -0500, Lego Andy wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 17:49:07 -0500
> Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> wrote:
> > 0.7 is a release, and there is a fundamental difference between using
> > released code and using whatever happens to be in the CVS repository
> > today. Basically, the code in CVS will undergo constant change, and when
> > it is decided that it is time for a release, things are cleaned up and
> > packaged so that it is ready to run.  This is a very common approach to
> > software development, and is not at all specific to this project.
> 
> Yes, I agree it is a common way of doing things. I got spoiled working
> on projects such as VTK, CMake, ..., which is a bit more strict about
> the code in CVS. 

How so, exactly?

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 - mdz