From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14632 invoked by alias); 22 Jun 2007 20:14:00 -0000 Received: (qmail 14619 invoked by uid 22791); 22 Jun 2007 20:14:00 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from dm-mail01.mozilla.org (HELO dm-mail01.mozilla.org) (63.245.208.150) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:13:58 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.120] (ip68-229-48-133.lv.lv.cox.net [68.229.48.133]) (Authenticated sender: shebs@mozilla.com) by dm-mail01.mozilla.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30E8D6A8086; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:13:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <467C2D83.70200@earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:14:00 -0000 From: Stan Shebs User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Macintosh/20070509) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nick Roberts CC: Joel Brobecker , gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: DELAYED: GDB 6.7 branch creation scheduled June 25th References: <20070608061902.GP3761@adacore.com> <20070621181530.GC12173@adacore.com> <18042.61938.458913.398215@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <20070622014101.GC18706@adacore.com> <18043.30976.871935.736190@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> In-Reply-To: <18043.30976.871935.736190@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-06/txt/msg00201.txt.bz2 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