> Branch/merge features evolved in response to people's needs. > Merging is necessary if you (as an organization) have > substantial local changes for your product (or internal > use) and you also want to use the latest release from your > vendor. No amount of namespace manipulation is going to > help you. Parallel development is inherently more headachy!
i have not found this to be a problem when maintaining 9atom. simply evaluate patches as they come in. - erik
