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Re: r4021 - trunk/kernel



On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 11:59:51AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> Ok, this is a mess, so we probably need to hold a little flamewar about how we
> want the tree organized or something, before we start moving stuff back and
> fort.
> 
> I believe that the trunk is for main development, and it is important that we
> keep the version we are actually using in trunk, and not the next version as
> the linux-2.6.13-rcsomething.
> 
> Also, i am not overly convinced about the branch stuff, especially for main
> branches where we are going to work on, and not some obscure stuff only some
> will want to play with.
> 
> Furthermore, now that the kernel subdir is going to be emptied of its content,
> in favour of the single linux-2.6 package, we could as well move linux-2.6
> into the toplevel.
> 
> So, my proposal was to have :
> 
> /trunk/linux-2.6 <- main 2.6 kernel being uploaded to sid

I liked that, I always hated the enormous hierachies in the old
repository.

> /trunk/linux-2.6-experimental <- the experimental version.

SVN allows branches to reside anywhere freely, including under /trunk,
right?  In that case this is okay, just make sure it really is a branch
so merges work fine.



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