Erich and Jon,

Hah. This is what happens when you read your email in order. It sounds like you 
are on the right track.

Pat

> -----Original Message-----
> From: iotivity-dev-bounces at lists.iotivity.org [mailto:iotivity-dev-
> bounces at lists.iotivity.org] On Behalf Of Keane, Erich
> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 7:01 PM
> To: uzchoi at samsung.com
> Cc: iotivity-dev at lists.iotivity.org; jonc at osg.samsung.com
> Subject: Re: [dev] removal of the android_api branch
> 
> We were discussing on #iotivity about it for a few minutes, and I'm not sure
> we want to delete the branch tag.
> 
> However, the idea was brought up to just submit a commit to android-api
> (and probably should do to connectivity-abstraction!) that deletes every file,
> and adds a single README file that says "Branch merged to master on
> x/x/15".  This maintains history still, yet still properly shows that the 
> branches
> are closed.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2015-05-22 at 07:56 +0900, ???(Uze Choi) wrote:
> > I'm done from android-api branch.
> > We can close this branch.
> >
> > BR, Uze Choi
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: iotivity-dev-bounces at lists.iotivity.org [mailto:iotivity-dev-
> > bounces at lists.iotivity.org] On Behalf Of Jon A. Cruz
> > Sent: Friday, May 22, 2015 6:57 AM
> > To: iotivity-dev at lists.iotivity.org; Keane, Erich
> > Subject: Re: [dev] removal of the android_api branch
> >
> > On 05/21/2015 11:54 AM, Kourt, Tim A wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > To eliminate any further confusion, we would like to delete the
> > android_api branch as it is no longer properly maintained.
> > >
> > > Uze, please let Pat, Erich know once you are done with it and it can
> > > be
> > safely deleted.
> > >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > In general I like to see history preserved in SCM, especially when it
> > comes to tracking things like cross-platform changes. Might it be
> > sufficient to just lock the branch and not delete it completely?
> >
> > Deleting a branch from Git after it has been pushed publicly might
> > present certain issues (though removing a commit definitely does). It
> > starts to head off into areas similar to using the 'obliterate'
> > command in Perforce
> > (hint: that one should be an extreme exception to common practice).
> >
> > I seem to recall that a pre or post commit hook might do the job of
> > preventing further changes.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jon A. Cruz - Senior Open Source Developer Samsung Open Source Group
> > jonc at osg.samsung.com
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