[haiku-development] Re: The r1alpha4 branch
- From: "Ingo Weinhold" <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:19:02 +0200
Matt Madia wrote:
> On 8/19/12, Niels Sascha Reedijk <niels.reedijk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Oliver Tappe <zooey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >>> > I was wondering whether we should also branch hrev tagging. Perhaps in
> >>> > the form of hrevXXXXX.Y where X is the branchpoint and Y is the
> >>> > incrementing counter. This will create more clarity in terms of
> >>> > linearity of change sets. I don't know whether the current repository
> >>> > script will allow for it though.
> >> If we reach consensus on it, I can surely do that change. Although I'm
> >> not
> >> convinced yet that branching the tags is a good idea :-)
> >
> > I am also unsure on whether it is a good idea, but I always found it a
> > weakness in Subversion that the linear line of revision numbers
> > basically 'broke' when it came to branches. An alternative could
> > always be, of course, to not put hrev tags on any r1alpha4 commit.
>
> From
> //www.freelists.org/post/haiku-development/No-tagged-releases-in-our-git-repository,5
>
> maybe tag names of r1alpha4-xxx for the commits leading up to the
> r1alpha4-final tag?
IMO that would be OK, though I don't find it particularly important to have the
numeric tags in this case, since the alpha branch only lives for a few weeks
anyway. But, if it can be done without much hassle, why not...
CU, Ingo
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