Re: branching in packages?

Unfortunately, the <m3u07pftkj.fsf(a)jerrypc.cs.usu.edu&gt; message pointed by cvs log message of `comint.el' sync does not mention cvs tags at all, neither it contains pre-JJ-comint-sync post-JJ-comint-sync And if their names were there, do they <belong> *only* there? New cvs tags are change in cvs itself, and done for purposes of some big change in the same cvs. So why pointers to them do not <belong> in description of that change put in cvs, why *must* refer to mailing list message? The latter may be unaccessible for some time, because all one has is local copy of cvs repository, and no network access at all. <The big ben-mule-21-5 check-in!> of 2002/03/13 08:52:41 shows example of less error prone practice: stating cvs tags - not in change log entry, but in cvs commit message. After all, these pointers are certainly far smaller than detailed description of code changes being committed - which are universally considered belonging in cvs. As for looking for these tags in other messages (except <m3bqrovyq4.fsf(a)jerrypc.cs.usu.edu>) - it basically amounts to vgrep in mailing list archives, and just impossible. <xemacs-patches>, in particular, contains information about all, even proposed, patches, not only about ones already committed.