On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 3:25 PM Benjamin Gilbert <bgilb...@backtick.net> wrote: > > On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 12:04 PM, Bruce Ashfield wrote: > > Deleting the branch penalizes existing developers, which projects might be > willing to do. Git branch names don't usually have any effect on users. > > I'm not sure I see the distinction you are trying to draw. > > Deleting the branch normally affects people who are in the project's > developer community and pay attention to its announcements. Those folks can > then simply update their local checkouts and move on with their lives. > Everyone else just clones the default branch and maybe checks out a > particular tag or commit before building a package. That workflow still > works after the default branch is renamed. Bitbake's additional checks are > unusual, and impose a long-term compatibility constraint on upstream projects > that they didn't sign up for.
By "user", I simply meant consumer. (I'm aware of what a developer is and how they typically work). We'll agree to disagree on the finer points, since arguing semantics of good repository management/behaviour is not a good use of time. Cheers, Bruce > > --Benjamin Gilbert > > -- - Thou shalt not follow the NULL pointer, for chaos and madness await thee at its end - "Use the force Harry" - Gandalf, Star Trek II
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