names of distribution-branches in the git repository

[Ralf Treinen <treinen@free.fr>]

Hi,

these days we are (or ar least we should be) mostly using the experimental
distribution for uploads. In that case it seems reasonable to put 
modifications on a git branch that is specific to that distribution.
This of course also applies to other branches, like for backporting.

It would be nice if we could agree on canonical names for these branches
in the git repository. Personally, I have been using "master-experimental",
which is a PITA to type, but I also have seen "experimetal" which is 
probably less acurate but much more convenient.

I suggest that we add to the dom packaging reference that branches intended
for primary release into a distribution should be named like that
distribution, that is experimental, squeeze, whatever-backport, etc, with
the exception that the branch for sid is called master. Does that sound
reasonable?

In that case I would also suggest that dom-git-checkout also pulls the
experimental branch when it exists.

-Ralf.