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

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 07:39:53PM -0600, Chris Richards wrote:
> Howdy.
> 
> How do ya'll manage long-term changes?  I am getting the impression
> that a bunch of patches are sitting somewhere outside of the
> repository and if you work on that section, you apply the patches.

If only it were that organized ...
 
> Is this at all accurate?  If it is, have you considered using cvs
> branching to do that?

Yes.  There seems to be a consensus on the list to create an 'unstable'
branch, but the discussion stopped before all the details were clear.

> (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.

Yes, well, this is the task that we need more manpower for, I think.

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Reinier