On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:36:44AM -0400, C. Michael Pilato wrote:
> Stefan Sperling wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:07:30AM -0400, C. Michael Pilato wrote:
> >> Is the plan to remove the support, cut a new branch, and re-add the support
> >> on that branch with a note about the need for refactoring?
> >
> > I guess we can just
> > svn copy ^/trunk_at_rev-before-it-was-removed ^/branches/svnpatch
> > as soon as someone wants to work on it again.
> >
> > Or they can just work on it on trunk.
> >
> > All the code of the old implementation would still be in the history,
> > for reference.
>
> I think I'd rather have the code more "visible" on a branch or something
> than just "in the history for reference", just so there's that visual
> reminder -- and the email one Hyrum will send us every six months when he
> gets into a branch-purging mood :-). Branch before removing is fine, and +1
> from me on removing the bloated code for now.
I think that anyone working on this would want to start with a clean
state anyway, rather than with what there is now. But I may be mistaken.
So if you think a branch as a reminder is useful we can do that.
But usually we use issues for this purpose. Would an issue also do,
with milestone 1.7-consider?
Stefan
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