An other way, maybe clearer in term of dev and branching would maybe the use of svn as master and git for branching, you can read more in the links bellow :
http://blogpro.toutantic.net/2012/01/02/another-git-branching-model/ http://wiki.apache.org/general/GitAtApache Frédéric Thomas > Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 20:56:47 -0500 > From: jef...@dot-com-it.com > To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: So, what should we do first? > > > I can honestly say it's been a long time since I looked at the public > Flex SVN repo; so I'm not sure the extent of what is in there or how it > is organized. > > Most projects I've worked on have used a "Trunk/Branch/Tag" approach. > To map: > > * Released sounds kind of like tags; which is a full snapshot in time > that--presumably--doesn't change. > * Stable sounds kind of like Trunk, which is the primary working branch > for the next version. > * Sandbox/Unstable sound like branch; which are different working > copies. They often start as an off-shoot of the trunk; presumably to be > combined back in at some future point. > > Is it worthwhile to separate "long term development" (Sandbox) ) vs > "Short term stuff development" (UnStable)? I assume we wouldn't want to > do that development in the same sub-branch; but is there a reason to > make the distinction between short term and long term development? > > Beyond that, I don't have a strong opinion either way. > > On 1/4/2012 7:42 PM, Alex Harui wrote: > > I’m loving the ideas and energy on this list so far. And so, the subject > > question needs to be answered: What should we (the committers in this > > project) do first? > > > > > > To do so without getting de-stabilized by the longer term projects, we > > should agree on a branch strategy. It sounds like many Apache projects > > have multiple branches like: > > -Sandbox: Anything that doesn’t fall over immediately can go here > > -Unstable: Things that are being polished for release can go here > > -Stable: The release candidate goes here. > > -Released: The latest release. > > > > Long term projects would go in Sandbox and shorter term stuff would go in > > Unstable and get synched to Sandbox if required. > > > > Most of you are volunteers trying to scratch out spare time to make > > contributions, but some of us have all day to work on this stuff. I am > > thinking of splitting time between long-term work and short term work and > > use JIRA to guide what short-term work I do. > > > -- > Jeffry Houser > Technical Entrepreneur > 203-379-0773 > -- > http://www.flextras.com?c=104 > UI Flex Components: Tested! Supported! Ready! > -- > http://www.theflexshow.com > http://www.jeffryhouser.com > http://www.asktheflexpert.com > -- > Part of the DotComIt Brain Trust >
