[Kst] The use of branches

[Andrew Walker]

I think this would be useful. It would also be nice to get a heads up
on impending releases so that we can start to stabilize code - 2 weeks
or so would be a good lead time.

On June 1, 2006 7:35 am, George Staikos wrote:
>   I was thinking I should send a note to the list about the use of branches
> for the development of Kst.  I've been advocating them for years now, and I
> have used them myself since I started working on Kst.  Branches are an
> important tool when developing with CVS and SVN.  They allow developers to
> work on new features, experiments, dangerous changes, and invasive or
> high-impact changes without affecting the stability of the mainline code
> and impacting release cycles.  Part of my job is to make sure we have
> well-timed stable releases of Kst and in order to accomplish this goal I
> need to be sure that the mainline remains stable.  I will continue to be
> responsible for making sure that branch work that turns out well gets
> merged into trunk.  In fact branch work sometimes fails and it thrown away.
>  This is part of the cycle of software development and there's nothing
> wrong with that.
>
>   Please consider the use of branches for new work.  If you're working on a
> major new chunk of code, just branch and develop it there.  Let everyone
> know so we can avoid causing too much conflict.  I will do all the work to
> merge branches into trunk if anyone doesn't want to or doesn't know how. 
> I'm quite experienced with it and can do it quickly.  Just drop me a note. 
> I'm also willing to setup new branches for people as required.
>
>   Think of branches as a tool, and please, take advantage.