Re: New trial conversion

[Eric S. R. <es...@th...>]

Hans-Bernhard Bröker <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).

That is good to know!  Thanks.
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