Re: We Want Quality
| From: | Andrei Zmievski | Date: | Thu, 29 Jun 2000 22:01:54 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: We Want Quality | ||
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On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, rubys@us.ibm.com wrote:
> What problems do you see with branches in CVS?
>
> One thing I did with the 3.1 release of jakarta-tomcat was to create a
> branch for the release, and allowed mainline development to continue
> unimpeded on the main branch. Those that wished for a particular fix to go
> into the release had to take an explicit, overt action.
The problem is not with releases, but with release candidates. If we put
RC on a branch, then every bug fix would need to be patched in twice,
in the main trunk and in the branch.
-Andrei
When we eliminate the impossible, whatever remains,
however improbable, must be true. -- Sherlock Holmes