From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bzr repository ready? Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:29:49 +0200 Message-ID: <83my2ent82.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87zl6vskq0.fsf@red-bean.com> <874op07kb0.fsf@red-bean.com> <87639fr3w7.fsf@red-bean.com> <87vdhfpil2.fsf@red-bean.com> <87einvxy9c.fsf@red-bean.com> <20091118230952.GB908@muc.de> <87my2jw05z.fsf@red-bean.com> <83skc9pbf7.fsf@gnu.org> <87iqd5vw5n.fsf@red-bean.com> <83hbsop394.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258925407 31588 80.91.229.12 (22 Nov 2009 21:30:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:30:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: kfogel@red-bean.com, jearl@notengoamigos.org, ian.clatworthy@canonical.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 22 22:29:59 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NCK0N-0001qY-9i for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:29:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38697 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NCK0M-00060X-Ny for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:29:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NCK0I-00060K-NQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:29:54 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NCK0D-0005zs-9M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:29:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44973 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NCK0D-0005zp-3L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:29:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:61760) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NCK0C-0001Xt-K4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:29:48 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KTJ00F004Q41000@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:29:47 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.70.37.193]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KTJ00DU051M3X50@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:29:47 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:117510 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Cc: Karl Fogel , jearl@notengoamigos.org, ian.clatworthy@canonical.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:55:05 -0500 > > > . The considerations for starting a "task branch" as opposed to a > > lightweight branch are not clear. The text talks about "multiple > > commits and rounds of feedback", but keeps silent about what does > > this "feedback" mean in practice. More details are needed to make > > the "lightweight vs task branch" decision in practice. > > For any kind of development, I strongly discourage lightweight branches, > unless you have very fast and constant access to the base repository > (i.e. most likely not the case if the base repository is the Emacs > repository). I think this is a misunderstanding: I was talking about lightweight checkouts from the local repository, not from the remote one. I hope it's not my misunderstanding.