Resending On Aug 13, 2015 12:22 PM, "Joe Witt" <joe.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Team, > > It was proposed by Ryan Blue on another thread that we consider > dropping the master vs develop distinction. In the interest of his, > in my view, very good point I didn't want it to get buried in that > thread. > > [1] is the thread when we last discussed gitflow/develop/master on > entry to the incubator. > > And from that thread here is the part I wish I had better understood > when the wise Mr Benson said it: > > "Another issue with gitflow is the master branch. The master branch is > supposed to get merged to for releases. The maven-release-plugin won't > do that, and the jgitflow plugin is unsafe. So one option is to 'use > gitflow' but not bother with the master versus develop distinction, > the other is to do manual merges to master at release points." > > I think we should follow this guidance: "'use gitflow' but not bother > with the master versus develop distinction". I say this from having > done the release management job now a couple of times including having > done a 'hotfix'. > > My comments here are not a rejection of that master/develop concept in > general. It is simply pointing out that for the Apache NiFi community > it is not adding value but is creating confusion and delay [2]. > > Thanks > Joe > > [1] http://s.apache.org/GIW > [2] Sir Topham Hatt - Thomas and Friends (tm) >