As long as the branch can be removed later. I am not sure it can. Would need to 
check first. 

You could squash commits and rebate before pushing on master then. 


-- Clebert Suconic typing on the iPhone. 

> On Jun 9, 2015, at 22:34, Daniel Kulp <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Jun 9, 2015, at 9:56 PM, Clebert <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> +1. Although Only question I have:
>> 
>> With git it's not really needed to create a branch in the main repo for 
>> temporary branches.
> 
> Depends on the purpose…..  If I was going to work on a relatively large 
> idea/change and want to collaborate with another committer, a branch at 
> Apache makes a lot of sense.   For example, I’m thinking about creating one 
> to work on the CXF change.  I can keep working on it, all commits would still 
> go to the commits@ list so everyone can see what’s going on.     Others could 
> help out, etc…  Once “done”, it could be merged to master and the branch 
> removed.
> 
>> But If someone did it thought.  Is it easy to remove a branch with Apache 
>> git?  I have the impression that you need Infra guys to delete branches?
>> If only infra structure guys can delete branches I would not encourage 
>> branches on the main repo.  
> 
> The only branch you cannot remove is master.   Anything else is just like 
> normal. 
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
>> 
>> -- Clebert Suconic typing on the iPhone. 
>> 
>>> On Jun 9, 2015, at 20:22, Daniel Kulp <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I guess if it was up to me to actually write a formal doc describing the 
>>> process it would go something like:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ———————
>>> 
>>> ActiveMQ uses a Commit-Then-Review process for getting changes contributed 
>>> to the development branches.   In general, this means the ActiveMQ 
>>> committers are free to directly commit their own work to master and push 
>>> those changes to the canonical repository at Apache.   However, the 
>>> expectation is that the developer has made a good effort to test their 
>>> changes and is reasonably confident that the changes that are being 
>>> committed will not “break the build.”
>>> 
>>> What does it mean to be reasonably confident?  That may depend on the 
>>> developer.  If the developer has run the same maven commands that the CI 
>>> builds are running, they can likely be reasonably confident.   However, if 
>>> the changes are significant, touches a wide area of code, or even if the 
>>> developer just wants a second opinion, they are encouraged to engage other 
>>> members of the community to obtain an additional review prior to commit.   
>>> This can easily be done via a pull request on github, a patch file attached 
>>> to an email or JIRA, committed to a branch in the Apache git repo, etc…  
>>> There are a variety of options open to them.    Having additional eyes 
>>> looking at significant changes prior to committing to the main development 
>>> branches is definitely encouraged if it helps obtain the “reasonable 
>>> confidence” that the build is not broken and code quality has not 
>>> decreased.  We also have automatic builds setup to test github pull 
>>> requests in advance to help establish a good level of confidence in the 
>>> build.
>>> 
>>> However, “things happen”.   We’re all human.   In the case where the build 
>>> does break, the expectation is that the developer will make a best effort 
>>> to get the builds fixed in a reasonable amount of time.    If it cannot be 
>>> fixed in a reasonable amount of time, the commit can be reverted and 
>>> re-reviewed. 
>>> 
>>> ———————
>>> 
>>> Everyone:  does that about cover it?    Did I miss anything?    The github 
>>> pull requests and gui tools are definitely a good tool chain in certain 
>>> cases and I would still encourage those folks that find value in them to 
>>> continue using them.   However, they cannot be “required”.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dan
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>>> On Jun 9, 2015, at 7:57 PM, Clebert Suconic <[email protected]> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> +1 to stay with the existing CTR practice that is well established in the
>>>>> ActiveMQ community. That's why committership is granted. It's a level of
>>>>> trust and confidence that you don't make low hanging fruit errors.
>>>> 
>>>> I actually screw up all the time ;) But I rather make eventual
>>>> mistakes than not do something :)
>>>> 
>>>> Anyways... lets keep the pull requests as a tool. For instance I just
>>>> prevented an issue because of a PR Build
>>>> 
>>>> https://builds.apache.org/job/ActiveMQ-Artemis-PR-Build/418/
>>>> https://github.com/apache/activemq-artemis/pull/22
>>>> 
>>>> But I don't want to talk about the issue itself on this Thread... This
>>>> is a meta discussion.. I will talk about the issue itself on another
>>>> post I'm about to make
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Daniel Kulp
>>> [email protected] - http://dankulp.com/blog
>>> Talend Community Coder - http://coders.talend.com
> 
> -- 
> Daniel Kulp
> [email protected] - http://dankulp.com/blog
> Talend Community Coder - http://coders.talend.com
> 

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