[dmd-beta] Cherry-picking II

[Martin Nowak]

On 01/28/2014 07:04 PM, Brad Roberts wrote:
> IMHO, a much more workable solution is to use pull requests just like 
> for any other branch.  If someone is requesting a merge to a release 
> branch, then they should assemble the pull request and submit it.  If 
> you are deciding a fix should be merged to the release branch, put 
> together the pull request just like anyone else would.  That gains 
> several advantages:
>
>   1) gives a good chance to review exactly what changes are going to 
> be made
>   2) gives the auto-tester a chance to validate then changes
>   3) gives a chance for additional eyeballs to be watching for mistakes
>
> The only con is that it's more steps, but without those steps, the 
> gains aren't possible.  For any regular developer, putting together a 
> pull request is something they can do in their sleep, so the cost is 
> pretty small. 
Yeah, let's test the merging as well.