From: Etienne Vallette d'Osia <etienne.vallettedosia@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:05:00 GMT
Subject: Re: Improve tags
Message-ID: <gqi8cc$7vq$1@ger.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090327065356.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com>

Nanako Shiraishi a écrit :
> 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'.