Re: bug#11153: change automake branching policy: dispensing with the 'branch-X.Y' branches in the future

2012-04-25 Thread Stefano Lattarini
I've now implemented the proposed branching setup, with the following steps: - I have removed the old and outdated 'next' branch (which was an ancestor of the current 'master'). - I have removed the 'branch-1.11' branch (whose tip pointed at the commit tagged by tag 'v1.11.5'). - Now

Re: bug#11153: change automake branching policy: dispensing with the 'branch-X.Y' branches in the future

2012-04-11 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 04/04/2012 01:38 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: On 04/04/2012 12:55 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: Ok, we'll have to agree to disagree then. That's fine, I just wanted to be sure there were no misunderstandings nor incomprehension. I've pushed the attached patch to 'master' now. I will wait to

Re: bug#11153: change automake branching policy: dispensing with the 'branch-X.Y' branches in the future

2012-04-04 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 04/03/2012 12:01 AM, Peter Rosin wrote: [SNIP] I'll try to explain what I mean again... I think we should do exactly as you describe above. However, for the class of changes that are related to the actual release from maint Changes which, actually, consist just in *bumping a version

Re: bug#11153: change automake branching policy: dispensing with the 'branch-X.Y' branches in the future

2012-04-04 Thread Peter Rosin
On 2012-04-04 11:50, Stefano Lattarini wrote: On 04/03/2012 12:01 AM, Peter Rosin wrote: [SNIP] I'll try to explain what I mean again... I think we should do exactly as you describe above. However, for the class of changes that are related to the actual release from maint Changes which,

Re: bug#11153: change automake branching policy: dispensing with the 'branch-X.Y' branches in the future

2012-04-04 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 04/04/2012 12:55 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: On 2012-04-04 11:50, Stefano Lattarini wrote: On 04/03/2012 12:01 AM, Peter Rosin wrote: [SNIP] I'll try to explain what I mean again... I think we should do exactly as you describe above. However, for the class of changes that are related to

Re: bug#11153: change automake branching policy: dispensing with the 'branch-X.Y' branches in the future

2012-04-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Peter, thanks for the feedback. But I fear we have a misunderstanding here. See below. On 04/02/2012 08:14 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: On 2012-04-02 18:13, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Severity: wishlist thanks Hello Automakers. After some real hand-on experience with the current branching

Re: bug#11153: change automake branching policy: dispensing with the 'branch-X.Y' branches in the future

2012-04-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Jim. On 04/02/2012 08:47 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: Stefano Lattarini wrote: ... WDYT? If you agree, I can apply the change below to HACKING, and implement the new branching policy starting from the Automke 1.12 release. I agree. IMHO, you won't go wrong following git.git's example.

Re: bug#11153: change automake branching policy: dispensing with the 'branch-X.Y' branches in the future

2012-04-02 Thread Peter Rosin
On 2012-04-02 21:42, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Hi Peter, thanks for the feedback. But I fear we have a misunderstanding here. See below. On 04/02/2012 08:14 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: On 2012-04-02 18:13, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Severity: wishlist thanks Hello Automakers. After some real