D versionning

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2012-07-16 03:11, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 7/15/12 7:44 PM, Adam Wilson wrote:
>> I should note that we use this exact model for every project we have
>> where I work and that it is been highly successful at keeping those five
>> points of tension moderated. And our users can actually get work done
>> without waiting for weeks and months because thing X is just plain
>> broken, which in turn makes us look good. (Improving Loyalty)
>
> Allow me to propose something.
>
> Right now all dmd changes get merged in the head. Suppose we find a
> volunteer in the community who is:
>
> 1. Highly motivated
>
> 2. With a good understanding of D
>
> 3. Expert with git
>
> 4. Reliable
>
> I wonder if it's possible that that person cherry-picks commits from
> HEAD into two separate branches: bugfixes and unstable. It should be
> easy to create installers etc. for those.
>
> If we see this works well and gathers steady interest, we can improve it
> and make it the practice of the entire team.

Another idea to start with would be to create new temporary branches for 
bigger changes, i.e. COFF/Win64.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg