[U-Boot] U-Boot git usage model

[Tom Rini]

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On 10/11/12 22:29, Stefan Roese wrote:
> On 10/11/2012 08:30 PM, Scott Wood wrote:
>>> But, yes, it bears more thinking if we want the next branch 
>>> open for longer than it has historically been, if we want
>>> that. And we have at least historically been saying that next
>>> can and will be rebased.
>> 
>> IMHO it would be nice for the next branch to open immediately 
>> after the merge window closes, and be kept up to date except 
>> during the merge window.  Historically the next branch has
>> opened when someone requests a pull into it, but how do I make a
>> sane pull request when the next branch has been untouched since
>> the last release?
> 
> This has been discussed on the U-Boot BoF in Geneva a few months 
> ago. And it was generally agreed upon that opening the next branch 
> earlier (best directly after the merge window) would be a big 
> plus.
> 
> IIRC, then Tom did exactly this in this release cycle.


Yes, I got -rc1 out sooner than we do historically.  I think there's a
few changes I would like to make about how we handle branching,
releasing and merge windows.  But this thread has reminded me that I
need to think very carefully about how we manage branches that are
longer lived.  And I don't want to make big changes for v2013.01 but
prepare everyone to try them for v2013.04 (and .07).

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Tom
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