[haiku-development] Re: The r1alpha4 branch

  • From: Matt Madia <mattmadia@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 18:30:00 +0000

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?


--mmadia

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