Re: [python-committers] A possible solution to the Misc/NEWS merging problem

2015-08-11 Thread R. David Murray
On Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:58:45 +1200, Robert Collins wrote: > On 11 August 2015 at 10:38, Brett Cannon wrote: > > We have all been there: you fix something in some maintenance branch, do > > your `hg pull` into the default branch, and everything but Misc/NEWS merges > > cleanly. You typically reve

Re: [python-committers] A possible solution to the Misc/NEWS merging problem

2015-08-10 Thread Robert Collins
On 11 August 2015 at 10:38, Brett Cannon wrote: > We have all been there: you fix something in some maintenance branch, do > your `hg pull` into the default branch, and everything but Misc/NEWS merges > cleanly. You typically revert Misc/NEWS, commit your forward-ported change > to default, and th

[python-committers] A possible solution to the Misc/NEWS merging problem

2015-08-10 Thread Brett Cannon
We have all been there: you fix something in some maintenance branch, do your `hg pull` into the default branch, and everything *but* Misc/NEWS merges cleanly. You typically revert Misc/NEWS, commit your forward-ported change to default, and then move on with your life. It would be much easier if M