Re: stable vs. experimental archive

[Rob Mahurin]

On Apr 21, 2009, at 8:22 AM, Jaroslav Hajek wrote:
> Hello,
>
> following the conversation and my proposal
> http://www.nabble.com/stable-branch-release-policy--was-Re%3A- 
> Possible-bug-in-intersect--td23009036.html#a23072785
> I would like to carry on the discussion about setting up a second
> official "experimental" repository to resolve issues with development
> & stability. I see the following options:
>
> 1. create a secondary "experimental" repo on Savannah (if this can  
> be done)
> 2. create an "experimental" branch in the savannah repo (and maybe
> rename the "default" branch to "stable")
> 3. host the "experimental" repo elsewhere (TW's)
> X. forget about the stable & experimental proposal, use a different
> development/maintenance model
>
> could you please share your opinions/votes? if anyone votes for X.,
> please describe your idea.
>
> I think 1. is clearly winner if it can be done. 2 and 3 are
> compromises. My vote is 2 if 1 is not possible.


I think at least in principle that the version control tools for  
branching and merging should make (2) simpler than (1).  But I  
haven't quite grokked how this goes in mercurial, and I'm willing to  
be swayed the other way.

Cheers,
Rob

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Rob Mahurin
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