[dpdk-dev] development/integration branch?

2014-10-23 Thread Marc Sune
On 21/10/14 15:01, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:14:43 +0200 > Marc Sune wrote: > >> On 21/10/14 10:46, Thomas Monjalon wrote: >>> My balance is different because I have a simpler solution for Marc's >>> problem: >>> git fetch && git merge $(git tag | grep -v -- -rc |

[dpdk-dev] development/integration branch?

2014-10-22 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:00:58 -0700 Matthew Hall wrote: > What I think git in general and DPDK in particular are missing is, they have > a > tradition tags for releases, however I think this is broken because you can't > easily append more stuff to tages. In git tags and branches are almost

[dpdk-dev] development/integration branch?

2014-10-22 Thread Matthew Hall
I am aware of that. But it's a pain to do it. And then your local branch doesn't move forward when new stable releases come out. So I was suggesting we have a stable branch always available and known-good pointing to latest 1.X.X or 2.X.X release of latest stable 1.X or 2.X. It would also be

[dpdk-dev] development/integration branch?

2014-10-22 Thread Matthew Hall
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:28:47AM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > But I care about the message brought by such change. It would mean that > we can break the development branch and that most of developers don't test > it nor base their patches on the latest commit. It's all about simple rules >

[dpdk-dev] development/integration branch?

2014-10-21 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:14:43 +0200 Marc Sune wrote: > On 21/10/14 10:46, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > My balance is different because I have a simpler solution for Marc's > > problem: > > git fetch && git merge $(git tag | grep -v -- -rc | tail -n1) > Thomas, > > We all know we _can_ do

[dpdk-dev] development/integration branch?

2014-10-21 Thread Marc Sune
Thomas, On 21/10/14 11:28, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 2014-10-21 11:14, Marc Sune: >> On 21/10/14 10:46, Thomas Monjalon wrote: >>> My balance is different because I have a simpler solution for Marc's >>> problem: >>> git fetch && git merge $(git tag | grep -v -- -rc | tail -n1) >> We all know

[dpdk-dev] development/integration branch?

2014-10-21 Thread Thomas Monjalon
2014-10-21 11:14, Marc Sune: > On 21/10/14 10:46, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > My balance is different because I have a simpler solution for Marc's > > problem: > > git fetch && git merge $(git tag | grep -v -- -rc | tail -n1) > > We all know we _can_ do this. But is it really necessary? We

[dpdk-dev] development/integration branch?

2014-10-21 Thread Marc Sune
On 21/10/14 10:46, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > My balance is different because I have a simpler solution for Marc's problem: > git fetch && git merge $(git tag | grep -v -- -rc | tail -n1) Thomas, We all know we _can_ do this. But is it really necessary? We should be all as lazy as possible

[dpdk-dev] development/integration branch?

2014-10-21 Thread Thomas Monjalon
2014-10-21 08:36, Richardson, Bruce: > From: Marc Sune > > Some DPDK users, including myself, use a clone of the git repository to > > compile DPDK for their applications, instead of downloading the tarball > > of each release. > > > > In my opinion, it would be useful for such users that the

[dpdk-dev] development/integration branch?

2014-10-21 Thread Marc Sune
Good morning, Some DPDK users, including myself, use a clone of the git repository to compile DPDK for their applications, instead of downloading the tarball of each release. In my opinion, it would be useful for such users that the master branch contains only stable releases, to prevent

[dpdk-dev] development/integration branch?

2014-10-21 Thread Neil Horman
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:38:34AM +0200, Marc Sune wrote: > Thomas, > > On 21/10/14 11:28, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > >2014-10-21 11:14, Marc Sune: > >>On 21/10/14 10:46, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > >>>My balance is different because I have a simpler solution for Marc's > >>>problem: > >>> git

[dpdk-dev] development/integration branch?

2014-10-21 Thread Richardson, Bruce
> -Original Message- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Marc Sune > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 9:23 AM > To: > Subject: [dpdk-dev] development/integration branch? > > Good morning, > > Some DPDK users, including myself, use a