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Re: Improve tags

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EDEtienne Vallette d'Osia <etienne.vallettedosia@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 27, 2009, 10:05 UTC
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Nanako Shiraishi a écrit :
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> Quoting "Etienne Vallette d'Osia" <dohzya@gmail.com>:
> 
>> In addition, branches are a way to specify streams,
>> not a way to specify an aim for a commit.
>> (like in ruby a class is a method container, not a type)
>> So branch names are often like next, pu, dev, test, stupid-idea, etc.
>> They are totally useless for tracking aims.
> 
> Why should that be?  'next' clearly states the aim (it is to serve as an
> integration testing area for the possible new features for the next
> release).
>

It is not an aim (maybe "aim" is not the right term ?), it a status. For me the aim is 'this commit is related to the documentation', 'this commit is related to test and to the debugger'.

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Message 7 of 7 in “Improve tags”
  1. Etienne Vallette d'OsiaMar 26, 2009
  2. Michael J GruberMar 26, 2009
  3. Etienne Vallette d'OsiaMar 27, 2009
  4. Jakub NarebskiMar 27, 2009
  5. Etienne Vallette d'OsiaMar 27, 2009
  6. Nanako ShiraishiMar 26, 2009
  7. Etienne Vallette d'OsiaMar 27, 2009

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