Re: Branch development of 1.6.x vs 1.7.x?

>
> Hi Geert,
>
> If it were all up to me (uh oh -- watch out!), I was thinking that it
> would be nice to go with simply "1.5.x", and then switch the naming
> scheme for tags over to match (i.e. "1.5.1"). :)  The rationale  
> would be:
> * Less typing / shorter URLs.
>
> * Consistent w/ Subversion's own development scheme.
> I looked at three different projects (Subversion, Tomcat, and Jetty),
> and none of them were consistent [with each other].  Subversion and
> Jetty were closest.
>
> * They are automatically listed first when viewing the tree.
> This is pretty handy where there are a many branches, such as feature
> branches or developer branches.  An example of this is the Subversion
> branch list:
> http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/branches/
>
> On the whole either scheme would work and "maintenance-1.6.x" is more
> descriptive.
>
> Feeling swayed or convinced one way or another? :)
>
> Josh
> --
> Joshua Hansen
> Up Bear Enterprises
> (541) 760-7685
>
>
> Geert Bevin wrote:
>> Hi Josh,
>>
>> I never really thought about it, but I quite like  
>> "maintenance-1.6.1".
>> What's your preference?
>>
>> Take care,
>>
>> Geert
>>
>> On 07 Oct 2008, at 23:45, Josh Hansen wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Geert,
>>>
>>> Ok.  I'm ready to create the branches.
>>>
>>> One question:
>>> * The naming pattern in the 'tags' hierarchy is "release-1.6",
>>> "release-1.6.1", etc.  For branches, do you have a preference or
>>> recommendation for using "release-1.6.x", "maintenance-1.6.x", or
>>> simply
>>> "1.6.x", or something else entirely?
>>> http://svn.rifers.org/rife/tags/
>>>
>>> As an example, the subversion project itself uses simple version
>>> numbers
>>> for both tags and branches ("1.5.1" and "1.5.x" respectively):
>>> http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/branches/
>>> http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/tags/
>>>
>>> Josh
>>> --
>>> Joshua Hansen
>>> Up Bear Enterprises
>>> (541) 760-7685
>>>
>>>
>>> Geert Bevin wrote:
>>>> Hi Joshua,
>>>>
>>>>> Wow!  All that power! :)  Thanks -- I'll be sure to use it
>>>>> responsibly! :)
>>>> I'm sure you will, you've shown great involvement and  
>>>> responsibility
>>>> before :-)
>>>>
>>>>> Good to know about trunk and 1.7.  I'll create branches for at  
>>>>> least
>>>>> 1.5.x and 1.6.x, as well as merging any changes to trunk.
>>>> Sounds good, thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Take care,
>>>>
>>>> Geert
>>>>
>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>
>>>>> Josh
>>>>> --
>>>>> Joshua Hansen
>>>>> Up Bear Enterprises
>>>>> (541) 760-7685
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Geert Bevin wrote:
>>>>>> Hey Josh,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> development for 1.7 has been happening in trunk. However, since
>>>>>> I've
>>>>>> been the only one working on RIFE for quite a while and I've had
>>>>>> barely time to do some 1.7 stuff, I never created any maintenance
>>>>>> branches. You've given you commit rights to all of  
>>>>>> svn.rifers.org.
>>>>>> You
>>>>>> should be able to create a maintenance branch for the release you
>>>>>> want
>>>>>> to work on and commit your changes. After that, you can merge the
>>>>>> diffs into trunk. Does that work for you?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Take care,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Geert
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 28 Sep 2008, at 03:16, Josh Hansen wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Geert,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oh yeah: where is development towards 1.7 happening?  "trunk"
>>>>>>> seems to
>>>>>>> be 1.6.x (1.6.2 at the moment)... :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Josh
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Joshua Hansen
>>>>>>> Up Bear Enterprises
>>>>>>> (541) 760-7685
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Josh Hansen wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi Geert,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'd like to do a little development and bug fixing against the
>>>>>>>> 1.6.x
>>>>>>>> versions, and possibly against 1.5.x.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I can see tags for 1.5.1, and 1.6.1, and there is the trunk
>>>>>>>> version, but
>>>>>>>> no branches (other than i18n):
>>>>>>>> http://svn.rifers.org/
>>>>>>>> http://svn.rifers.org/rife/tags/
>>>>>>>> http://svn.rifers.org/rife/branches/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Should I just code against the tagged versions (1.5.1 and  
>>>>>>>> 1.6.1)
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> send you the diffs?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Some branches for bugfix development on releases would be
>>>>>>>> nice... :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Josh
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Joshua Hansen
>>>>>>>> Up Bear Enterprises
>>>>>>>> (541) 760-7685
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Geert Bevin
>>>>>> Terracotta - http://www.terracotta.org
>>>>>> Uwyn "Use what you need" - http://uwyn.com
>>>>>> RIFE Java application framework - http://rifers.org
>>>>>> Music and words - http://gbevin.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Geert Bevin
>>>> Terracotta - http://www.terracotta.org
>>>> Uwyn "Use what you need" - http://uwyn.com
>>>> RIFE Java application framework - http://rifers.org
>>>> Music and words - http://gbevin.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>> --
>> Geert Bevin
>> Terracotta - http://www.terracotta.org
>> Uwyn "Use what you need" - http://uwyn.com
>> RIFE Java application framework - http://rifers.org
>> Music and words - http://gbevin.com
>>
>>
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