: for sure. Even so, I only think they're worth the maintenance and : merging hassle for really major things. Of course "really major" is ... : That said, if a developer has a major piece of work he/she wants to : work on, and feels uneasy about doing it on trunk, he/she is more than : welcome to create and maintain a branch for this purpose. The onus is ... : branch work should be included in the trunk. So we don't need to be : zealous about branches / no branches (and I don't think anyone here : is).
+1, +1, +1 -Hoss