Re: Release notes out of CVS

[Todd Denniston]

Anette Van Aswegen wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I would like to know whether there a facility exists within CVS from where I
> can retrieve a release note after we have released
> a new version. 

`cvs log` and `cvs history`

try http://www.red-bean.com/cvs2cl/ to get the notes down to a manageable list.

> How would CVS know which version was released to a client?

CVS does not by itself, however you can use branches and/or tags against the
whole baseline to make it appear so to the human operator.
http://cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_4.html#SEC48
http://cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs.html
http://cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_14.html#SEC111

> 
> Thank you
> 
> Anette van Aswegen

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