Re: removal of the old PHP-X.Y.Z release branches

On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > we RMs started using the release branches (PHP-X.Y.Z) a while ago and we > push those so that the we can work together easier when preparing/syncing > the releases. > As those branches are meaningless for the general public I would propose > updating our current release process > (https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/master/README.RELEASE_PROCESS) so that > when we create a new release branch (PHP-X.Y.Z) we also remove the old > release branch (PHP-X.Y.Z-1). > (we could even remove it after tagging the final, but in the past we had a > couple of re-tags, so it is easier to just remove when creating the release > branch for the next version). > I would also propose removing all of the old release branches for now(only > keeping the last one for each minor/major version). > > ps: I've also cc-ed the internals@ list so people won't freak out if/when we > remove the old branches en masse. I'm very +1 in cleaning old git references, like RM branches, and not needed branches like most of "experimental/" , some dating back from 2000. Julien