[Dh-make-php-devel] Re: [Dh-make-php-commits] r209 - branches

[Uwe Steinmann]

On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 09:38:24AM -0400, Charles Fry wrote:
> > > > 0.2.0 won't be released soon. I'm not that familiar with svn, but
> > > > wouldn't it make more sense to take the R-0-1-1 release and use
> > > > it as a base for R-0-1-2. pre-0-2-0 includes changes for
> > > > R-0-2-0 already.
> > > 
> > > That's exactly what I thought I did. What changes from R-0-2-0 made
> > > their way into pre-0-2-0?
> > Back off. I was looking at the wrong file. pre-0-2-0 is ok, though
> > the name still confuses me. I can take pre-0-2-0 for the release
> > but we have to make sure everbody can checkout the sources of this
> > release later. How is that accomplished? Tagging? If yes, then
> > branches appear to me like a very temporary thing.
> 
> We can easily rename it. You choose the name you prefer. :-)
> 
> Tagging is indeed the means by which the source can be checked out
> later. In fact, normally svn-buildpackage will tag for you (build with
> --svn-tag), but as this is a branch, you need to do it yourself.
> 
> In general (outside of this project) tagging is static, it indicates
> something that doesn't change (like a release that already happened).
> Branching is dynamic, it tracks a different direction of development.
> That is why it makes sense for us to have a single branch of all
> development based on 0.1.0 but before 0.2.0. That single branch will
> progress from 0.1.1 to 0.1.2 and possibly on, with each release being
> separately tagged so that we can retrieve it later.
> 
> Is that clear? Does it sound like a reasonable plan to you? I certainly
> don't mind doing something different if you prefer.
It makes a lot of sense. Most of my software development has been
done with cvs in the past and I just need to get accustomed to svn.
On last question. Are branches and tags different from a technical point
of view. It looks like they are just for two different views on the
code from an organisational point of view. What you call 'static' and
'dynamic'. Both 'tagging' and 'branching' is actually just copying
into a directory, isn't.

  Uwe

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