D versionning

[Adam Wilson]

On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:38:37 -0700, Alex Rønne Petersen <alex at lycus.org>  
wrote:

> On 16-07-2012 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.
>>
>> Would this be possible?
>>
>>
>> Andrei
>>
>
> I propose a slight variation:
>
> * master: This is the 'incoming' branch. Unstable, in-dev, etc. It's  
> easier this way since pull requests will usually target this branch and  
> build bots will test this.
> * stable: This branch contains only bug fixes to existing language  
> features, and enhancements that do not in any way impact existing  
> features (or break code). Should be manually maintained based on master.
>
> That's it. I don't see a need for any added complexity to this simple  
> model. Feel free to destroy as you see fit, though!

I think this would work very well. When it comes time to roll out new  
features, you could just merge master into stable and you've got a brand  
new stable release, tag it, build an installer, and you're done.

-- 
Adam Wilson
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Project Coordinator
The Horizon Project
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