On Jun 8, 2015 8:46 AM, "Dennis E. Hamilton" <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> wrote: > > I've never understood this business of having multiple releases as progressions on the same code branch. > > It seems far more confusing than having a branch or tag that corresponds to the release identifier.
Actually before 4.1.1, we did use "tags" if memory serves. I just assumed we could do this again for 4.1.2 unless there was some reason not to. I also find the revision cut used for 4.1.1 confusing. In reality, we could do a tag for it I think. It also helps if there is a need for a patch release at a particular branch. > > It also makes check-out of a specific release branch easier. And it is easy to confirm the archive of the released source against its SVN. > > Although there is a lot of code involved, I thought SVN used a Copy on Write strategy so copying code into a branch does not create actual copies but links, with copies made only when a difference is introduced at either end of the link. Am I mistaken? > > I don't have much skin in this game. It just strikes me that there is a high risk of confusion and possible error this way. Even if a 412 is built from a copy of 411, rather than the trunk, with changes then cherry-picked into it, it seems easier to inspect and to understand. > > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrea Pescetti [mailto:pesce...@apache.org] > Sent: Sunday, June 7, 2015 18:57 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: [Discuss] Review and improve graphics memory handling > > On 02/06/2015 armin.le.gr...@me.com wrote: > > AFAIU AOO410 branch goes on for 411, 412, 413... versions. One branch > > for next mid-number change, e.g. AOO420 would need a new one. For AOO411 > > we have no extra branch AFAIK, only a revision number in AOO410 branch. > > I would keep that schema - the goal of micro releases is minor > > changes/stability, no need for a new branch > > I'm OK with this. I will commit changes to the existing AOO410 branch > instead of creating AOO412 then. > > Regards, > Andrea. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >
