Re: CVS and "product lines"?

[Matt Riechers]

Klaus Marius Hansen wrote:
> 
> We have two projects ("A" & "B") that share a common base framework
> ("Common").
> 
> We would like to be able to have a main development branch (for
> introducing new functionality) and the for each new version of A and B,
> be able to create a branch for a project.
> 
> The problem is then Common. If we make a bug-fix in "Common", we would
> like to have it show up in both the branch for A and the branch for B.
> 
> Does anyone have experience with a situation like this and have some
> advice to give?
> 
> Regards,
>         Klaus

You can setup A, B, and Common as seperate modules, and have A and B reference
Common.

http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_18.html#SEC155

-Matt