On Jan 11 2014 4:23 AM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > On 1/11/2014 5:08 AM, EBo wrote: >> On Jan 11 2014 3:42 AM, Chris Morley wrote: >>>> >>> if this testing branch is on the buildbot then a wider audience >>> can / will test. If we can't get people to actual try the testing >>> branch then >>> it doesn't really help us. >> >> Setting it up on the buildbot is an interesting idea. That would >> imply >> that each test branch needs a champion to setup the buildbot, and >> thwack >> the code. It would be a little extra work for them, but would save >> Seb >> some time if it is agreed that after testing and the pull request >> comes >> that the test branch is as close to the current tip of the master as >> possible (so very few changes necessary). > > Again, I go back to my initial comment that LinuxCNC needs a "Sid" > branch, which would get buildbot builds and allow the truly brave to > experiment. > > A Sid or unstable branch provides a place to drop the non-trivial > patches and integrate feature branches for wider testing without > breaking the release (stable) and master (testing) branches folks > expect > to be able to use for real work.
Charles, I agree whole heartedly. BTW, I am not used to the term Sid and momentarily got Sid and Seb confused... Sorry. Hardly interchangeable ;-) EBo -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
