[PD-dev] Re: PD-cvs Digest, Vol 21, Issue 30

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Nov 29, 2006, at 3:54 PM, Georg Holzmann wrote:

> Hallo!
>
>> We already have two devel_0_39, separated not by cvs but by #ifdef  
>> and makefiles. Now it's getting somewhat cumbersome for me, but it  
>> seems that in addition to that, it's getting somewhat cumbersome  
>> for the only person (?) who still works on devel_0_39 outside of  
>> DesireData. Well, what do you want us to do, I don't think that  
>> you really want us to stay in that uncomfortable position forever? :)
>
> No, but you said it yourself: you joined (after impure data) the  
> pd_devel branch so that you can also benefit from those  
> improvements ...
>
> Now there is already the main and devel/desire_data branch and I  
> think such a marginal problem as you have (the beautification ...)  
> should not be the reason for one more branch ...

A CVS branch is just a tool to manage code.  I don't think we need to  
take it as any kind of social or political statement.  We should use  
the tools to reduce friction as much as possible.

.hc


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