We originally needed the plugin releases to be on the master branch because there was no way to have CLI/Plugman fetch from other branches. That is no longer the case. Further, you're correct that the registry's tarballs is the primary source now. Even if someone does have a git dependency somewhere, they can specify a branch (actually any ref) in the <dependency> tag. Likewise the command line.
I'm all for moving development into the master branch. Braden On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Bryan Higgins <br...@bryanhiggins.net>wrote: > +1 > > I think the registry has been around for long enough that the vast majority > of users won't be installing directly from git. > > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Ian Clelland <iclell...@chromium.org > >wrote: > > > I totally agree that we should do this. > > > > I think that once the current plugin release is complete, I can set up > the > > branches so that the master branch is for development, and we can go from > > there. > > > > Is it a requirement that plugins be tagged in git for npm to function? I > > thought that the plugins were uploaded, zipped, to our couch server, for > > each release, and that there was no further communication with the git > > repository? It shouldn't be a problem to go back and make sure they're > > properly tagged, but I'm just wondering if it's still a necessity. > > > > Ian > > > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Jesse <purplecabb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I am seeing more and more pull requests that aren't easy merges because > > > people are starting their work from the master branch, and not dev. > > > > > > We discussed *a long time ago* that at some point, we would consider > > master > > > to be the bleeding edge of each plugin, and we could then get rid of > the > > > dev branches. The requirements to make this possible included, using a > > > branch/tag for every npm release of the plugin, and making sure that > > plugin > > > dependencies were correctly mapped. > > > > > > Has anyone given this any more thought, and do we have any idea when we > > > will make the switch? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Jesse > > > > > > > > > @purplecabbage > > > risingj.com > > > > > >
