Stefan Sperling wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 07:36:50AM -0500, Hyrum K. Wright wrote:
>> Greg Stein wrote:
>>> Yes. And to that point, let me formally suggest a /patches/ directory,
>>> as a sibling to /branches/. We can put developer-work in there, and we
>>> can also drop third-party patches in there, too, pending
>>> review/tweaking/application (rather than attach them to the issue
>>> tracker, for example).
>> I think this would be a good way to help tidy up /branches/ we've got at least a
>> few trees in there which were added as patches, and then never touched again.
>> Having a way to differentiate them from active, long-lived branches would be useful.
>
> So what are active, long-lived branches and what are patches?
>
> To me this looks like we'd end up having just stable release branches
> in /branches/, and everything else that's not in trunk (yet) in /patches/?
>
> I've added a branch recently to work on issue #2382. I created the branch
> for the same reasons Julian mentioned -- I started working on a patch,
> found that I needed to checkpoint my work because I need to experiment
> a bit to get it right. So I created a branch. The aim for the end result
> is to get a reviewable patch that sits on the branch, ready to be merged
> into trunk. Since the /branches/ directory has been used like this for quite
What's new :P
;)
> some time, and because it's not clear to me where to draw the line between
> "active & long-lived" and "patch" (if not between release branches and
> everything else), I don't see why we need another directory.
>
> But I don't care too much -- as long as I can have some place in the repo
> to checkpoint my work without having to step on anyone's toes, I'm happy.
I'd like to think of it more like "is this a branch that everyone should
review closely, or is it rather a smaller issue, or even just a trial, that
I may want to show to those interested but don't need to bother everyone with."
Do you think it's dangerous to have that around? As in "oh, he just merged
his patch to trunk, I'm not gonna review that now."
Otherwise, I'd say, we can leave everyone to draw their personal line
themselves and just happily use branches/ or patches/ whenever it suits them.
Wow, are we bikeshedding already?
~Neels
Received on 2008-10-26 01:52:16 CEST