Effectively you are arguing to have the branches act as multiple trunks. At
least that's the way I look at it. In my view, it depends on how you'd like
to produce/maintain releases.
-steve
On 4/26/07 2:57 PM, "Irvine, Chuck R [EQ]" <Chuck.R.Irvine@Embarq.com>
wrote:
> Sorry, I'm not sure I understand? Perhaps, you're saying that the
> structure that I propose really does have a trunk and that I'm just
> giving it another name? I so, I don't think so. But, I don't want to
> assume that I know what you are referring to. Interested to hear your
> reply.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chris.Fouts@qimonda.com [mailto:Chris.Fouts@qimonda.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:50 PM
>> To: users@subversion.tigris.org
>> Subject: RE: Why have a trunk dir, anyway?!
>>
>>
>> You just called a "kettle' a "pot."
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Irvine, Chuck R [EQ] [mailto:Chuck.R.Irvine@Embarq.com]
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:31 PM
>>> To: users@subversion.tigris.org
>>> Cc: Hartleroad, James M [EQ]; Smythe, Susan M [EQ]
>>> Subject: Why have a trunk dir, anyway?!
>>>
>>> A very intuitive branching structure, often the first one that
>>> people think of in my experience, is:
>>>
>>> R1
>>> ---------------------------
>>> \
>>> \ R2
>>> \-------------------------
>>> \
>>> \ R3
>>> \-------------------------
>>> \
>>> \ R4
>>> \-------------------------
>>> .
>>> .
>>> .
>>>
>>> Now, with CVS you couldn't do this because you would become
>>> further and further diverged from the trunk. And, with CVS,
>>> deleting branches wasn't really an option.
>>>
>>> However, with Subversion, the branching scheme above seems
>>> perfectly do-able, at least as far as I can see. Especially,
>>> if you do away with the concept of the trunk. Instead of having:
>>>
>>>
>>> Proj/
>>> trunk/
>>> branches/
>>> tags/
>>>
>>> You might have something like:
>>>
>>> Proj/
>>> releases/
>>> R1/
>>> main/
>>> branches/
>>> tags/
>>> R2/
>>> main/
>>> branches/
>>> tags/
>>>
>>> When a new release RN needs to start, just branch off of RN-1.
>>> As new release goes into production, old releases can be
>>> retired (deleted).
>>>
>>> So, my question is, why do we need the trunk concept anyway?
>>> Is it just because we've been conditioned by CVS that you have
>>> to have a trunk. Or, are there valid reasons? Also, can anyone
>>> see a problem with the second of the two branching structures
>>> described above?
>>>
>>> All comments appreciated. Thanks.
>>>
>>> Chuck
>>>
>>>
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