[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Managing Long-Term Changes

[Petr Baudis <pasky@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear diary, on Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 02:39:53AM CET, I got a letter,
where Chris Richards <chrisr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> told me, that...
> How do ya'll manage long-term changes?
Badly. Why? :)

> Is this at all accurate?  If it is, have you considered using cvs branching
> to do that?  (For example, branching for "generalized improvements".)  When
> it is complete (or near enough as open-source gets), then re-merge the branch
> back into the main dev line.
Proposed, considered, vanished. And relatively short ago, I recommend you
scanning archives briefly next time ;).

No mere mortal knows reason why it vanished and why it wasn't considered more
seriously, so until someone will press shift+R here, we will continue in our
quiet life with "stable code base" and "little between versions patches" and
"calm CVS tree" and change the tiny bits with sluggish speed ;-).

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