>>>>> "David" == David Bicking <Bicking> writes:
David> Alright, I'm going to be more explicit. How would you name a
David> revision, knowing that it applies to the whole repository, in
David> such a way that it offers any kind of meaning? The name
David> "V3.14_baselevel3" appears to identify a particular branch of
David> a particular project. To me, this is adding confusion,
David> because that revision is global and might apply to
David> "V7.24.032_tertiarylevel1" on another project. So, once more,
David> what can the alias tell you that has more (and concise)
David> meaning than the revision number given its global nature?
Part of the answer is that a given repository doesn't contain things
that are utterly unrelated.
The main answer is that I would use symbolic name "V3.14-baselevel3"
only when poking around the part of the repository that holds V3.14.
Yes, that same name (the revision number it refers to) is also
meaningful in other parts of the repository. But clearly it would be
silly for a user to say "show me the sources of GCC as they were in
the rev that created Subversion 1.91-RC2".
paul
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