From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27305 invoked by alias); 24 Jan 2014 02:18:46 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 27276 invoked by uid 89); 24 Jan 2014 02:18:44 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: rock.gnat.com Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Fri, 24 Jan 2014 02:18:44 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FE7E1165DE; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:18:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 1rM09FHMLq3x; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:18:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6D301165DD; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:18:41 -0500 (EST) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F3558E0BEF; Fri, 24 Jan 2014 06:18:42 +0400 (RET) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 02:18:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Tom Tromey Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: reject merges on gdb release branches? Message-ID: <20140124021842.GK4762@adacore.com> References: <20140122051133.GB4762@adacore.com> <20140123055758.GG4762@adacore.com> <87r47y4soq.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87r47y4soq.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2014-01/txt/msg00911.txt.bz2 > The syntax was slightly off; I got an error from a push. When I > corrected it I learned that git doesn't allow "." in the name of a > config variable. So, if we want to do this we'll have to modify the > "update" script directly; either by adding the branch names there or by > changing the config variable syntax. I don't have time to do this right > now, sorry. In the meantime I've reverted to the status quo ante, > seeing no other choice. Thanks for taking of this. At AdaCore, we use a comma-separated list of regular expressions to match the branches for which a features should not be applied. Perhaps we could do the same? I don't have much time right now either, so status quo ante it is. -- Joel