Re: [stellation-res] Urgent! Do Not Use Stellation CVS RepositoryUntil

["Jonathan Gossage" <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark C. Chu-Carroll" <mcc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Stellation-res" <stellation-res@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [stellation-res] Urgent! Do Not Use Stellation CVS
RepositoryUntil Further Notice!


> On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 12:21, Marco Qualizza wrote:
> > I'll try this again, since I forgot to fix my email for this mailing
list:
> >
> > what does ./CVSROOT/history say?
>
> Nothing of any value. (Seriously, nothing there but two lines of
> configuration strings.)
>
> Sorry to say it, but Jim, it really looks like you did it. I logged
> in to dev.eclipse.org, and looked at the repository files. The deleted
> files are all changed by you, at 4:27pm yesterday.
>
> -Mark
>
Maybe this should be an object lesson for us all. Say after me, "delete does
not mean delete in an SCM system". Delete should mean "make unavailable for
normal use" but should never mean "physically purge".

We should provide an archive facility to clean out obsolete stuff from a
repository.

Regards

Jonathan