OT: How Does XEmacs Use CVS To Manage Multi Projects

My development group is, for the first time, large enough to allow for multiple projects to be in development simulatenously against the same product and code base. Each project will be extending the product in different ways. We have been using CVS for many years and are quite familiar with the product. Our intention is to proceed forward on several fronts in parallel without having one project's release date impact on another project's release date. I beleive that XEmacs has a similar situation where different forms of development happen in parallel yet eventually must be merged into a common HEAD. How does XEmacs manage this? It would seem that one approach would be to create multiple development branches, one for each project. As a project is completed, it is merged to the HEAD. Releases are also done from the HEAD. My concern is with the management of merges down from the HEAD to a particular develpoment branch. Can anyone provide any insight into this? Thanks! ...Jake -- Jake Colman Principia Partners LLC Phone: (201) 946-0300 Harborside Financial Center Fax: (201) 946-0320 902 Plaza II Beeper: (800) 928-4640 Jersey City, NJ 07311 E-mail: colman(a)ppllc.com E-mail: jcolman(a)jnc.com web: http://www.ppllc.com