On Fri, 2013-10-04 at 20:10 +0200, Dirk Bächle wrote:
[…]
> hmmm, we probably should discuss (and then decide) how we want 
> development to look like, once we have a working python3 branch. Will we 
> continue to support both major versions 2.x and 3.x? If yes, in which 
> direction (2->3 or 3->2) do we merge
> preferably, meaning: where do we do most of our development?
> 
> Or does the 2.x stuff get abandoned and we care about Python 3.x only?

My preference is to have a single default branch that compiles under
Python 2.7 and Python 3.3 (and soon Python 3.4). 

[…]
> I have my own repository "scons_experimental" for things like this. I 
> pull from the SCons main repo whenever I feel the need to update, but 
> never push back. So, I can merge freely and can also use named branches 
> as much as I like...one for every "feature", basically.
> For features to be published, I create a patch and apply it to my clone 
> of the main repo...then issue a pull request from there.

I have never got into MQ which may solve the problem. But using Ockham's
Razor, I'd prefer to have a single development branch in the mainline,
then I can use the same workflow that is already in place.

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Russel.
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