Re: DELAYED: GDB 6.7 branch creation scheduled June 25th

Stan Shebs
2007-06-22T20:14:00Z

Nick Roberts wrote:
> > > These facts suggest to me that it's best to delay the branch, possibly by a
> > > month or two, not backdate it.
> >
> > As far as I am concerned, the fact that we use backdating is unrelated
> > to where we decide the branchpoint to be. I like backdating, because
> > it allows me to put the head in maintenance mode for a couple of days
> > while I work on the branch.
>
> You've lost me. I thought the branchpoint is where the branch was cut.
>
It is, but the branchpoint can just as easily be a past revision as the
current head. There's a lot to be said for branching from the
best-working version of the past week for instance, rather than from
whatever randomness is currently at the head of the trunk.

Stan