On Aug 17, 2014, at 11:19 AM, Thomas Goirand wrote: >By the way, I try to always avoid using "master" as a branch name. This >doesn't express anything at all.
+1 In the context of Ubuntu (and when it works <wink>) I really like the approach taken for UDD branches. I can always branch the version of the package in any series, e.g. $ bzr branch ubuntu:utopic/python2.7 or if I want to get to the version of the package in proposed: $ bzr branch ubuntu:utopic-proposed/python2.7 with an alias for the most commonly requested version, i.e. the released version in the current development series: $ bzr branch ubuntu:python2.7 # gives me the utopic/python2.7 Of course, I can get the version in any other series. I can even get versions in Debian via: $ bzr branch debianlp:python2.7 or $ bzr branch debianlp:wheezy/python2.7 Obviously the details will be different with git and Debian, but I think it makes a lot of sense not to assume what 'master' might point to, but instead be explicit about the series name in the branch name. If it's possible to make a shorthand alias for the most common branch (unstable?) then that's fine too. Cheers, -Barry
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