[Geany-devel] geany on github; why not?

Frank Lanitz frank at xxxxx
Wed Oct 5 06:30:09 UTC 2011


Am 04.10.2011 23:37, schrieb Jiří Techet:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to get everything ready for the conversion and there are
> still a few points unresolved:
> 
>> I have a few comments (and questions) myself:
>>
>> 1. Some branch names should be renamed (e.g. Geany-0_19_1) because
>> they have the same name as tags and they are ambiguous when doing "git
>> checkout". Some naming scheme for stable branches should be invented.
> 
> I was proposing to have two digit branches and three digit tags:
> 
> Geany-0_19 - maintenance branch
> Geany-0_19_0 - tag
> Geany-0_19_1 - tag
> Geany-0_19_2 - tag

In this case its fine. Also inside the 0.10.x series. But wouldn't
define there will be no branch with three digits every.

> Do you agree or do you prefer some different naming scheme?

Underscores are just fine.

>> [...]
>>
>> 5. I kept the bs2 and sm branches in the repository  but once the
>> migration is done, they should be cloned by their owners and should be
>> removed from the main repository.
> 
> I can create official Geany repository without them and one clone that
> contains them so their authors can pick them after the conversion.

Sounds good to me.

Cheers,
Frank



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