Re: [Emc-developers] sorry about the 100 commits...

[Sebastian K. <se...@hi...>]

paul_c wrote:
> On Sunday 29 March 2009, Chris Morley wrote:
>> I was trying to bring the cl_v7124_branch up to date with trunk so I could
>> use it to continue some experimental programs rather then start a new
>> branch.
> 
> The whole thing is experimental, so trunk is as good a place as any.

This is bad advise, there are much better places for this work than trunk.

Treating a project as "exprimental" and throwing all new features into a 
single branch is no way to develop software.  Doing it that way makes it 
harder for the feature developers to separate their bugs from others' bugs.

Feature branches, like Chris Morley is using, is a much better way to do 
it: play around in your own sandbox, building up and tearing down stuff, 
testing things, all outside the attention of other developers.  When you 
have something that's pretty good and ready for wider review and 
testing, *then* you merge it into the main line.  Just like Chris is doing.


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