1.4 has been branched in CVS. From henceforth, to checkout the stable
1.4 branch use the tag:
sword-1-4-x
I usually keep both branches on my box like so:
$ cvs checkout -r sword-1-4-x sword
$ mv sword sword-1.4.x
$ cvs checkout sword
$ mv sword sword-1.5.x
An update ('cvs update -d') in the corresponding directory will update
from the correct branch.