2009/8/24 Julie S <msjuli...@yahoo.com>
> Dear Chris,
>
> you wrote:
> > Can I just speak up in support of the "branching and
> > vetting" process
> > for this? I'm feeling a bit defensive, having
> > insisted on a branch
> > that it seemed nobody else really wanted, but we've ended
> > up with a
> > very well refined feature and, best of all, we've had
> > enough feedback
> > to be highly confident that users will like it.
>
> It a good idea. It just comes with some overhead.
>
> Also getting testers may be difficult. Even you admitted at the end, that
> your computer was slow and you wanted to know if it was worth compiling. So
> getting folks on the "user" side can be even harder.
>
> The branch idea is good, though. I saw lots on the wiki about how to
> branch and merge.
>
> Throwing this out there to ponder:
>
> Maybe we can add to the process of branching / merging. When a developer
> is at a cross road on and end stage, if we included instruction on how to
> package a patch that is basically a diff of the branch relative to a
> particular "stable rev" of trunk. Then the developer could have people
> install the patch try it out, then svn revert afterwards.
>
> Is this doable / feasible? With my limited knowledge of svn, I think it
> is.
>
> Is it workable?
>
> Is it easy to do?
>
> Is it worth the effort?
>
> My thought is that this could be done at the last stages of a branch or
> when the developer needs critical input. So instead of the developer asking
> people to svn a whole branch and build it, people are asked to install the
> patch, check it out, then revert.
>
> Any thoughts on this?
I recommend that we would switch to from svn to git:
https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/wiki/Git
http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitSvnComparsion
Git is also available in sourceforge.
--
Heikki
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