Commits on head vs. branching

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Eric!

On Sat, 11 Mar 2017 07:18:41 -0500
"Eric S. Raymond" <esr at thyrsus.com> wrote:

> > What became of the idea of you doing that in a branch?  It would
> > really help to fix the constant stream of typos and "whoops" before
> > they hit the master branch.  

[...]

> Yes, this means we have some bobbles and missteps in our trunk that
> could have been avoided with a branch-merge approach (and some of
> those missteps are mine).  That's a tradeoff I cheerfully accept in
> order to have everyone's attention constantly focused on the state of
> the actual working code. I also think this practice encourages small
> commits and staying humble.

I find this thread the proof of the pudding!  A lot of progress was made
in the last few days on some really horrid old code and comments.

I think everyone can agree the changes are on balance positive in the end,
and any remaining complaints aired sooner rather than later.  Plus
key people have a much better concensus on how things are.

The inputs from Hal, Achim, ncguk, and others have been all appreciated
and beneficial.  Keep 'em coming please.

RGDS
GARY
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