Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 17:17:03 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: shimon@simon-shapiro.org, thyerm@camtech.net.au, current@freebsd.org, Studded@dal.net, kong@kkk.ml.org, Alex Nash <nash@mcs.net> Subject: Re: Commit Approval (was Re: Firewall in kernel? - Found it! ) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980112163150.22477Z-100000@shell.uniserve.com> In-Reply-To: <199801122350.KAA00344@word.smith.net.au>
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On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > Commonsense? Prohibition? Who knows... I don't understand why some > > developers are forced to make changes on branches, while others check > > stuff into the mainline branch? > > Politics. Personal motivation. Percieved scope. The first. > If these issues really bother you, try (politely) asking one of the > core members. Whilst their deliberations are on a private list, I've > found they consider themselves quite accountable for their decisions. > > > Perhaps branches should be used more> often? This might prevent > > FreeBSD from getting stuck with unfinished chunks of code in the > > mainline branch. > > This opens more cans of worms with CVS, unfortunately. Some people are using branches for this now, simply because it was the only option available (see first paragraph). If it can be used by some projects, it should be possible to be used more widely. There are always going to be CVS issues, and integrating a branch into the mainline is always hard if the mainline has changed. > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ > > > > Tom
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