A definite +1 for Jeremy's thoughts. I also was looking at the branches and was thinking why its happening like this. In Apache its 99.9% of the time we have Commit-then-review policy.
-- Chinthaka Jeremy Hughes wrote: > We seem to be creating branches for lots of JIRAs nowadays. > > I know I set an example by creating WODEN-40 but that was because I > wanted to create a "mini-revolution" - there were a lot of API changes > I needed to make and I didn't want to disrupt development on trunk. > Also, I thought it would take a not-insignificant amount of time to > code the changes (unfortunately a self-fulfilling prophecy there), so > I felt that rather than coding them privately over a long period, I > would check them in to a branch for all to see and potentially > contribute to. There are overheads to using branches: merging the > changes to the trunk into the branch periodically, merging the code > into trunk is a review-then-commit process (rather than the normal > commit-then-review) so a vote is required to merge the branch into > trunk, then of course there's the actual deed of merging the branch > into the trunk. On the other hand, these overheads can be quite small > for small short lived (mini-revoluation) branches. > > What you've got here in WODEN-14 is evolutionary (IMO) and not > revolutionary so can simply go straight into the trunk. I appreciate > we're gearing up for a milestone release, but the timing of that has > been put into question now. If the patch is good (could you provide > some testscases?) then I'd like to check it into the trunk. If we hold > out WODEN-14 until after the milestone release, we should do just that > - ie leave the patch on the JIRA rather than creating a branch. > > Cheers, > Jeremy > > On 9/8/06, Graham Turrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi John, >> >> I have attached a patch file to the WODEN-14 jira covering a working >> framework and SimpleURIResolver - hopefully enough from >> which to create a subversion branch. Could you please create the >> branch, or >> let me know if you need anything more in order to do that? >> >> Cheers. >> >> Kind Regards, >> >> Graham. >> _____________________________________________ >> Graham C Turrell CEng, MBCS >> Chartered IT Practitioner >> >> WebSphere ESB Foundation Technologies >> DE3F16 / MP 211 >> IBM Labs >> Hursley Park >> Winchester, Hampshire >> England. SO21 2JN >> >> Tel +44-(0)1962-815018 >> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> "No army can withstand the force of an idea whose time >> has come.". -Victor Hugo >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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