Re: Github mirror pointing at wrong branch

2013-06-25 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > How does defaulting to master fix this issue? Isn't it user error? Yep it is user error but doing so would help minimise those sort of errors. > Our documentation on the website very clearly shows how to checkout from > the develop branch. As does the readme and several other places but I

Re: Github mirror pointing at wrong branch

2013-06-25 Thread OmPrakash Muppirala
On Jun 25, 2013 5:44 PM, "Justin Mclean" wrote: > > Hi, > > > The point is that it is generally considered bad form to work directly in > > the 'master' branch. > But not to the point of avoiding it altogether and merging as infrequently as the flex project does. > > > Provided that you a valid re

Re: Github mirror pointing at wrong branch

2013-06-25 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > The point is that it is generally considered bad form to work directly in > the 'master' branch. But not to the point of avoiding it altogether and merging as infrequently as the flex project does. > Provided that you a valid reason. Here's several - there's probably more: 1. People acci

Re: Github mirror pointing at wrong branch

2013-06-25 Thread OmPrakash Muppirala
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Justin Mclean wrote: > Hi, > > > [1] > http://waterstreetgm.org/git-why-you-should-never-commit-directly-to-master/ > > [2] > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5713563/reasons-for-not-working-on-the-master-branch-in-git > > IMO both links actually express the oppo

Re: Github mirror pointing at wrong branch

2013-06-25 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, Change that to master is 6 month behind with a minor update (for 4.9.1) 3 months ago. Justin

Re: Github mirror pointing at wrong branch

2013-06-25 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > [1] > http://waterstreetgm.org/git-why-you-should-never-commit-directly-to-master/ > [2] > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5713563/reasons-for-not-working-on-the-master-branch-in-git IMO both links actually express the opposite view, there a difference to making every change in master

Re: Github mirror pointing at wrong branch

2013-06-25 Thread OmPrakash Muppirala
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Justin Mclean wrote: > Hi, > > > The only way is to create a JIRA ticket against INFRA. While at it, > maybe > > ask them to make sure that this does not keep changing. > Know the ticket number of the previous issue? > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA

Re: Github mirror pointing at wrong branch

2013-06-25 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > The only way is to create a JIRA ticket against INFRA. While at it, maybe > ask them to make sure that this does not keep changing. Know the ticket number of the previous issue? > To extreme a move for this problem, IMHO. Well it keep happening and this is not the only problem it would sol

Re: Github mirror pointing at wrong branch

2013-06-25 Thread OmPrakash Muppirala
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Justin Mclean wrote: > Hi, > > The github mirror has changed to master rather than develop (again). > > What do we need to do to get this fixed? > The only way is to create a JIRA ticket against INFRA. While at it, maybe ask them to make sure that this does not k

Re: Github mirror pointing at wrong branch

2013-06-25 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, Just to make it clean which repo I'm talking about - here's the link. https://github.com/apache/flex-sdk Justin