Re: [matplotlib-devel] remove old branches

[Todd <tod...@gm...>]

On Nov 1, 2014 4:49 PM, "Thomas Caswell" <tca...@gm...> wrote:
>
> Does anyone protest to removing all of the branches from the main repo
except:
>
>  - master
>  - v1.4.x
>  - v1.4.2-doc
>
> Having old branches around can lead to confusion (see
https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/3748#issuecomment-61372162).
>
> Tom

What about having a "matplotlib/matplotlib-archive" fork where old branches
and tags can be kept?  That way someone can always go back and install an
old version if they really need to.