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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: External SVN item in
From:       Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad () users ! sourceforge ! net>
Date:       2008-09-18 20:30:22
Message-ID: gaudou$6vr$3 () ger ! gmane ! org
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Thiago Macieira wrote:
> Andreas Pakulat wrote:
>>> So why is copying not acceptable then?
>>>
>>> Only one person is touching it.
>> Because then that person has to remember adjusting both copies.
> 
> He already has to remember to adjust the code using it.

No, he has to remember to build before checking in ;-).

While we know this doesn't always happen, it's better IMO to have a 
committed build error (that in theory is quickly fixed) than long-lived 
bitrot that compounds the problem later on.

-- 
Matthew
ENOCOFFEE: operator suffering from lack of sleep and/or early-morning-itis

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