Different versions of same library with Deimos

Jens Mueller jens.k.mueller at gmx.de
Mon Mar 25 06:16:21 PDT 2013


Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:50:37 +0100
> Jens Mueller <jens.k.mueller at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > how is Deimos supposed to address different versions of a library?
> > In the case at hand, I have a Deimos repository for LLVM 3.1. Now I
> > want to add support for version 3.2. Should I create a different
> > branch or just a tag?
> > 
> > BTW I updated my documentation for creating Deimos repositories.
> > http://jkm.github.com/d-programming-language.org/deimos.html
> > 
> > Jens
> 
> I've been meaning to bring up that question, too. It would make sense
> that each version of the target library would have its own branch in
> its Deimos repo, because that way you can update it if any problems are
> discovered. Tags would be a bad idea because of that. But the problem
> is, there doesn't seem to be a way to do a "pull branch" request.

Having different branches for each version seems like the right choice.
What would be the role of the master branch then? The latest version?

Jens


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