Re: [SQLObject] Releases and versioning.

[Carlos R. <car...@gm...>]

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 16:09:00 +0300, Oleg Broytmann <ph...@ma...> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 11:39:25AM +0000, Alan Kennedy wrote:
> > AFAIK, svn
> > treats tags and branches identically.
> 
>    Subversion, actually, does not have a builtin notion of tags and
> branches. Svn operates on trees. But one can name theese trees. The
> names are just URIs, so one can name them in whatever way one prefers.
> "Tags" and "branches" are just two examples of the naming.

The SVN book actually makes this point clear, but nevertheless,  it
strongly suggests the use of the trunk/branches/tags structure. That's
what I have used for my own SVN repository. It did sound strange at
first, but as the project grows it does make a lot of sense.
 
>    Then use the latest checkout from the trunk. I think it is in a more
> or less stable state (now). Run tests. This is the best you can get now.

Having tags to mark intermediate releases would be helpful -- it would
encourage the habit of creating mini-releases more frequently (0.6.1,
0.6.2...). But reorganizing the repository may be a little bit
difficult at this point -- lots of people already have copies pointing
to the current structure. But it can be done, anyway, if there's
enough perceived advantage in doing it. (I think it does :-)

-- 
Carlos Ribeiro
Consultoria em Projetos
blog: http://rascunhosrotos.blogspot.com
blog: http://pythonnotes.blogspot.com
mail: car...@gm...
mail: car...@ya...