branching in packages?

[Jerry James]

"Ilya N. Golubev" <gin at mo.msk.ru>
> For `xemacs-packages/xemacs-base/comint.el' is was not so since
> 2006/05/25 02:49:47 -0 (revision 1.14).  So packages may stay in this
> state fairly long, and figuring last stable source fast is very
> helpful.

That is why, for that particular package, the related traffic on
xemacs-patches included the announcement that these tags would be
available to help anyone needing the last version before the sync:

pre-JJ-comint-sync
post-JJ-comint-sync

I agree that this is not a good general mechanism.  However, it is also
true that my sync of comint and shell with Emacs is not representative
of package updates in general, so the related instabilities do not make
a good general argument about the way in which the package tree is
managed.

If the new comint is causing you more grief than you are willing to put
with, then please revert to the versions of comint and shell tagged
pre-JJ-comint-sync.  On the other hand, I want to repeat that your
testing and bug reports have been very valuable, and I hope you will
continue helping me iron out the remaining comint and shell bugs.
-- 
Jerry James, Assistant Professor        james at xemacs.org
Computer Science Department             http://www.cs.usu.edu/~jerry/
Utah State University