Re: fast-forward only policy

[Olav Vitters <olav bkor dhs org>]

On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 11:10:42PM +0300, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> > IMO you should make a good argument to switch, not the other way around.
> 
> What I'm proposing makes things simpler. Do I need to make a good
> argument of why simple things are good?

You gave as reason 'you just switched your SCM and it's the best time to
do that'. That is what I was referring to. Now you give another argument
to the same question.

> To be clear on what I'm proposing: there's no need to add 'project' to
> branch names when you already know the project ('1-2' is fine). But
> going into the next level, there's no need to have '1-2', '1-4' and
> '1-0', 'stable' and 'master' are more than enough.

Very strong -1 to 'stable'.

Can we rename branches? What breaks? Gentoo?

> Imagine someone who has been on a GNOME hiatus or is a new comer. What
> would be easier to understand? '1-2' or 'stable'?

'stable' was already discussed. Within GNOME 2.20, 2.22, 2.24, 2.26 etc
are stable. So it isn't clear.

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Regards,
Olav