Re: [HACKERS] vacuum process size

On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Tom Lane wrote:

> "Ansley, Michael" <Michael.Ansley@intec.co.za> writes:
> > The reason for the tag as to be able to return to the 6.5 release source
> > code.  It's production code, and should be accessible at least for the next
> > couple of months.
> > Was a tag created for 6.5.1?  The object is to be able to check out any
> > particular release, bugs and all, whenever we feel like it.
> 
> You can always do a checkout by date if you need to capture the state of
> the cvs tree at some particular past time.  Frozen tags are just a (very
> inefficient) way of remembering specific past times that you think are
> likely to be of interest.

Okay, you lost me on this one...why is it inefficient to tag the tree on
the date of a release vs trying to remember that date? *raised eyebrow*
In fact, vs trying to remember the exact date *and* time of a release?


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