Re: [Emc-developers] Merge Strategy

2022-11-27 Thread Chris Morley
Can you explain why merging up is better then cherry-picking or separate commits? Merge strategy should not change based on what should or should not be moved forward. The strategy must be the same. Chris From: Steffen Möller Sent: November 28, 2022 1:04 AM To:

Re: [Emc-developers] Merge Strategy

2022-11-27 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
I still think merging upwards is the best way to do this. The main advantage is that git keeps track of what commits need to be propagated to the newer branch, so we'll never leave behind any bugfix commits in older stable branches. This avoids the terrible situation where we fix a bug in

Re: [Emc-developers] Merge Strategy

2022-11-27 Thread Steffen Möller
IMHO we should continue with the merge-up and start thinking again when there is a change to 2.9 that should not be forwarded. Best, Steffen > Gesendet: Sonntag, 27. November 2022 um 19:11 Uhr > Von: "Chris Morley" > An: "EMC developers" > Betreff: Re: [Emc-developers] Merge Strategy > > Well

Re: [Emc-developers] Merge Strategy

2022-11-27 Thread Chris Morley
Well we will never agree on anything different if we never discuss it. How about throwing out an opinion here? Chris From: Hans Unzner Sent: November 27, 2022 10:54 AM To: emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] Merge Strategy I agree

Re: [Emc-developers] Merge Strategy

2022-11-27 Thread Hans Unzner
I agree that we should stick to "merge up" until we reach an agreement to change this. Hans Am 23.11.22 um 22:42 schrieb Chris Morley: Ya it's always been hard to consistently get answers in our project. It just seems the nature of our group. Thanks for continuing to try. Currently strategy