El mié, 11-01-2006 a las 08:36 +0000, Ross Gardler escribió: > Thorsten Scherler wrote: > > El mar, 10-01-2006 a las 22:18 +0000, Ross Gardler escribió: > > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>>Author: thorsten > >>>Date: Tue Jan 10 13:36:57 2006 > >>>New Revision: 367799 > >>> > >>>URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=367799&view=rev > >>>Log: > >>>Creation of the dispatcher refactoring branch > >>> > >>>Added: > >>> forrest/branches/dispatcher/ > >> > >>I'm a little confused here. This is not a branch, it is a new directory > >>within the branches repository. > >> > >>What are you intending on doing in here and why is it not a true branch? > >> > >>Ross > > > > > > It is not a true branch because I will change 5% of the trunk. > > > > I have copied the related resources into the branch and renamed them. > > > > Now I can > > ln -s > > them with the trunk again. It is like I am working with the trunk but > > doing the editing in the dispatcher branch. This way we do not have to > > merge the branch, because the resulting work will replace all > > view/dispatcher related work of the trunk. > > > > I thought I should use a branch for it. That is what you suggested the > > other time (or better said I understood). > > > > Is there a problem with the chosen method? > > I did suggest a *branch*, but this is not a branch. > > I foresee a few problems: > > 1) Non standard use of SVN therefore difficult to trace what is actually > done (especially historically) >
Hmm, all is in the svn history (see commit mails) but yeah in different branches. > 2) "ln -s" does not work on windows platforms, therefore a number of > devs are prevented from participating (even as testers) Yeah, that is indeed a problem. There is cygwin but we cannot force people to use it or linux. Point taken. > 3) The "branch" already has a directory structure that is different from > trunk (samples) > That is not a problem, it only forces to merge parts. Like said I never intended to "svn merge" but rather "svn cp" when finished the rewrite in the branch. > How much of a problem these will become I am not sure, but at the very > least (2) is working against the community. > yeah agree, so what do you suggest? Like said I do not see the point in a 100% copy if I change <5%. > Ross > salu2 -- thorsten "Together we stand, divided we fall!" Hey you (Pink Floyd)
