As much as I could follow, It's been more about that master should be stable, such that all (unstable) branches come from it. That's the reverse of old CVS/SVN practice in which forking was discouraged. Most have moved to a modern mindset such that forking often is good, therefore master should be stable.
________________________________ From: boinc_dev <boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu> on behalf of Robert Miles <robertmi...@bellsouth.net> Sent: Wednesday, 9 August 2017 00:05 To: boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu Subject: [boinc_dev] Subject: Re: Software development and branches, was Re:, [boinc_projects] keywords Are people here disagreeing on whether a previous version of master should be retained and marked stable when a bug fix is imported into master? That should allow testing of new bug fixes against a stable version of master. > Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 23:23:55 -0700 > From: David Anderson <da...@ssl.berkeley.edu> > To: Bernd Machenschalk <bernd.machensch...@aei.mpg.de>, > boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu > Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] Software development and branches, was Re: > [boinc_projects] keywords > > Please read > https://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/SoftwareTesting > -- David > > On 8/7/2017 10:28 PM, Bernd Machenschalk wrote: >> On 07.08.17 21:40, David Anderson wrote: >>> I've proposed creating server release branches, >>> similar to the exiting client release branches. >>> Hopefully this will satisfy everyone's needs. >> What I (and others) need is a "stable" branch (whatever named) I can >> - branch off my own development to work without being affected by others >> - compare and test my changes against, which requires that the original >> branch is >> "stable" >> - merge my development (branch) into when I'm done and I and others are >> convinced >> that my development does what it should and doesn't destabilize the branch. >> >> I don't see how server release branches would do that. >> >> Bernd _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu https://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu https://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
