On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 12:33:20AM -0500, Jon Masters wrote: > On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 12:35 -0800, Toshio Kuratomi wrote: > > > master makes a lot of sense from a git perspective. devel (or rawhide) > > makes sense from what we actually call the code that that branch eventually > > makes. A symlink might alleviate the confusion but it could also add to it. > > (For instance, I was operating in the kernel/devel branch but when I want to > > git checkout -b devel git gives me a strange error.) > > > > I don't see a clear answer for what's best here, yet. :-( > > I think those of us who follow rawhide will quickly realize the change > in naming (ok maybe a symbol is vaguely useful, and also needs to be > explained somewhere when people inevitably ask) and move on. Conversely, > someone who is new or hasn't followed "devel" branches before should > just be able to use git how they have elsewhere and it should work. > > Summary: easier to make life easier for new developers. > Not all packagers use git elsewhere. -Toshio
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