Re: New trial conversion

[Hans-Bernhard B. <HBB...@t-...>]

Am 23.10.2017 um 16:55 schrieb Eric S. Raymond:
> sfeam <sf...@us...>:
>> I don't understand the color scheme, but it cannot possibly be correct
>> to show either "branch52" or "b52right"  rooted in 4.0.2
>>
>> In fact 4.0.2 shouldn't be a branch at all.  It should be a tag internal
>> to branch-4.0-stable.
> 
> 4.0.2 is a tag (not a branch point), but it's a tag on the master branch.
> I have no explanation for this yet.

The explanation for this is acually quite simple: 4.0.2 _is_ on the trunk.

4.0 differs from later releases in that I didn't use parallel 
"development" and "series" branches back then.  The tell-tale indication 
can be found in the CVS tags of ChangeLog:

         branch-4-0-stable: 1.1148.0.2
         GNUPLOT_RELEASE_4_0_2: 1.1147
         GNUPLOT_RELEASE_4_0_1: 1.1146
         GNUPLOT_RELEASE_4_0_0: 1.1086

I.e. 4.0 patchlevel 0 to 2 were made directly on the trunk.  Only after 
that was branch-4-0-stable started (but we never actually made another 
release on that branch, so no further tags).