From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1N15yD-0001MP-Uy for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:17:21 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N15yC-0001Lb-6Q for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:17:20 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N15y7-0001Jd-2n for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:17:19 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34398 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N15y6-0001JX-Uz for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:17:14 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:55749 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N15y5-0003hS-PM for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:17:14 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N15y2-0000gZ-Ao for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:17:10 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N15y1-0002Cp-OG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:17:09 +0200 Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:17:09 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20091022221708.GA8123@thorin> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: Experimental branch for GRUB X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:17:20 -0000 On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 05:17:55PM +0800, Bean wrote: > Hi, > > I think it could be beneficial to have a experimental branch for GRUB. > Minor bug fixes can be applied to mainstream directly. But for big and > intrusive changes, such as the new menu system, we can place it in the > experimental branch first. Users interested in the latest fancy > feature can use the experimental branch, while more conservative users > can use mainstream code. When the code in experimental branch become > stable enough, we can integrate it back to the main repository. Sometimes I find myself in need of that too. As you probably noticed, I recently got started with GNU Bazaar (initially as part of my involvement with gNewSense). There's now a Bazaar mirror of GRUB SVN, and I'm beginning to use it to manage my own patchsets. I think it is natural that, since it's part of the GNU system, Bazaar is the first option to be taken into consideration for this task. I think we all agree that while SVN is (and will continue to be) a good consensus solution for managing a trunk, it doesn't excel when it comes to branching. My experience with it is limited, but it seems to be capable of dealing with the workflow you're proposing (branching, resyncing, etc), and I have observed that its UI is quite simple and easy to figure out. Perhaps someone who's more seasoned than me in using Bazaar can provide his/her insight, or perhaps you'd like to play with it (if you haven't already) by branching off the mirror I just finished setting up (see my other mail). -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."