On Nov 10, 10:17 am, Rich Hickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 10, 2008, at 9:46 AM, Graham Fawcett wrote: > > > > > Hi folks, > > > I haven't been bitten by the "do not use" revisions, R1089 onward, but > > it seems that others have. > > > I'm just curious why the team decided not to use a branch for these > > breaking changes, and merging back with trunk once the breakage was > > finished? > > For one, there's no 'team' for the trunk, just me. Branches and > merging are a pain, and if there's no reason for them other than to > keep head clean, I don't buy it, i.e. there aren't 2 paths. > > > > > Like many open-source projects, Clojure seems to have a HEAD culture > > rather than a Release culture, so intentionally breaking HEAD should > > be taboo, IMHO. > > I agree in general, and that is what I usually try to do. But the > interim commits are clearly labeled as such. I think it's just good > habits to read the commit messages before you pull. Why grab HEAD if > it doesn't fix a bug or add a feature you need? > > People that want to track SVN closely should definitely utilize the > IRC channel. If I'm not there, there is usually someone who can > provide guidance on revisions etc, and immediate get-out-of-trouble > support. > > Anyone using SVN needs to be able to read the commit messages and back > out to a prior revision - even with the best of intentions, HEAD may > be (unintentionally) broken. > > In any case, this set of breaking changes is the work due to precede a > release 1.0, and a subsequent 'release-oriented' view of the world, > with multiple real paths, and merging of fixes into release branches > etc. > I'll also add that I didn't check in something that didn't run, just something that contains changes that require changes to your code or environment. Tracking SVN HEAD certainly implies a willingness to make such changes. As for what those changes are, hop on the IRC or send a message to the group. Rich --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
