On Nov 5, 2010, at 6:36 AM, Shawn Jiang wrote: > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/geronimo/devtools/eclipse-plugin/branches/ > > * .. > * 2.1.7/ > * 2.2.1/ > > Is there any special reasons that we have to use this kind of version way ? > > I think we should name them 2.1 and 2.2 instead of 2.1.7 and 2.2.1. > Upgrade the branch name for each release will lose the full svn > history view of a branch.
I don't know why. The svn history is preserved in all of the files, but would agree that it's awkward. I don't see a problem w/ a branches/2.1 or branches/2.2. It certainly works for our server/branches. You can always copy to a branches/2.1.7 for final release preparation, if needed. --kevan
