Branches in CVS repository?

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Guys,

 > Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> 
> Personally, I find the use of dates awkward.  At any time after the
> initial creation point the date is not much better than a random number,
> and remembering what set of changes is associate with what date is
> nigh-on impossible.

I actually find them useful.  Admittedly this is in the context of GCC, 
and RedHat supporting its customers, but if I see a branch that is say 
"CUSTOMER_FOO-gcc-990101" then I think "oh dear that is a very old 
branch, why haven't they upgraded ?", whereas if I see 
"CUSTOMER_BAR-gcc-050101" I think "hmm, they are using the latest 
sources and they still find bugs - this is going to be hard".  (Not that 
I am a pessimist or anything").

Cheers
   Nick