[Freeipa-devel] branching 1.0

[Rob Crittenden]

Rob Crittenden wrote:
> We are rapidly approaching 1.0 so we need to start thinking about 
> branching. I've done a little reading on mercurial branches in 
> http://hgbook.red-bean.com/hgbookch8.html
> 
> I'm not sure which the best method for us is.
> 
> It seems to boil down to 2 methods:
> 
> 1. Create a new repository that reprsents the 1.0 branch.
> 2. Keep all branch information within a single repository.
> 
> #1 has the advantage that you have a logical and physical separation of 
> the code in each branch. I'm not sure if our hoster supports that, I'll 
> check in #fedora-admin.
> 
> If not then we'll do a more traditional branch-in-repo method. It just 
> seems so nice to have things completely separate so we don't have to 
> worry about working in the wrong tree.
> 
> Anyway, this is my first mercurial project, wasn't sure if we had anyone 
> more seasoned with some advice on how to proceed.
> 
> rob

I talked to the folks in #fedora-admin and #1 is not supported. So we'll 
need to do in-tree branching.

There are some gotcha's I need to investigate there before doing the 
branching.

rob
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: smime.p7s
Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature
Size: 3245 bytes
Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/freeipa-devel/attachments/20080121/55e62cec/attachment.bin>