Pull freeze

[deadalnix]

Le 31/07/2012 17:38, Andrei Alexandrescu a écrit :
> On 7/31/12 2:24 AM, Russel Winder wrote:
>> On Mon, 2012-07-30 at 23:40 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> […]
>>> Walter and I will dedicate time after 2.060 to improving the process.
>>
>> "Improve" implies tinkering at the edges. This situation requires a
>> "change" or perhaps "revolution". I suggest just switching to a
>> ready-made DVCS / Git process that is known to work, and is well
>> documented, rather than trying to craft a new one based on CVCS /
>> Subversion / CVS history.
>
> You can't suggest a revolution - only carry it through. But I'm a bit
> confused. We already use git, and the idea is to use it better. What's
> the thing with subversion etc? Where's the revolution?
>

That would result in a fork. Is that really what we want/need ?

>> To be honest there is never a reason to freeze a repository, even with
>> Subversion, and definitely not with Git, Mercurial and Bazaar.
>
> Agreed. But that means we'd need to use branching and tagging better,
> not to "revolutionize" things.
>

We actually have to « reverse » the way thing are done. You can't go to 
the other side of a gap in 2 steps. We face a change that cannot be 
gradually adopted.