To: gnu-arch-users@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Is a tagged revision independent of the source?
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From: Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:52:46 -0600
In-Reply-To: <873bxzm0xo.fsf@flame.org> (Matthew Dempsky's message of "Tue,
	21 Dec 2004 22:06:27 -0600")
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Matthew Dempsky <jivera@flame.org> writes:

> Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org> writes:
>
>> Just to make sure I understand tag semantics, if I run "tla tag foo
>> bar" is bar independent of foo after that?  In particular, if the
>> archive containing foo goes away, will bar and everything subsequent
>> to bar still function correctly?
>
> They're independant in the same sense that if you write a web site and
> include links to another web site, that yours will still function if
> the other becomes unavailable for whatever reason.
>
> You can always keep a mirror of the other archive if you're afraid
> that it becomes unavailable, or like was mentioned in another thread,
> use 'tla cacherev' on the tagged revision.

So if you have archive-1 and you tag from that into archive-2, and
then later archive-1 goes away, will someone who just wants to do a
"tla get" from archive-2 to get the latest code still be able to, or
will their get fail because it needs access to archive-1 for the
oldest revisions?

Thanks
-- 
Rob Browning
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