Dear Albert ARIBAUD,
In message 4DFFB961.7070406@aribaud.net you wrote:
No. I understand MV next branch is not intended to go into this release. When -rc3 is out, we may create a next branch, where this can be pulled into.
Wolfgang: I am not as convinced as you are about the MV next branch pull request not being intended for this release: the custodian wiki
Prafulla, can you please comment what your actual intentions were, i. e. wether Albert or me are interpreting your pull request correctly?
addresses pull requests for master branches only, and considers next branches only as temp storage for commits accepted outside a merge window. ...
Right, but that means (or is supposed to mean - sorry if this is not documented clear enough) that all custodians can do this as well, i. e. they can pull patches into their own "next" branches and send pull requests for the next branch.
... Next branches are supposed to be used only to rebase the masterthe same repo; there is no process, nor reason, reason to ask for a pull of a next branch. ...
I disagree here.
It makes perfecxt sense to keep the stack of open patches small, and a next branch is a good way to handle stuff that is waiting for the next merge window to open.
The only issue with this is that I am not very strict with this process; theoretically we should (1) create -rc1 as soon as the merge window closes and all patches have checked in, and (2) create a "next" branch as soon as we have -rc1.
My problems with this is that usually there is a lot of unprocesses stuff queued when the MW closes, so I wait with the -rc1 until at least most of this has gone in; additionally I wait with "next" until I feel the tree is reasonable stable - in the current release for example I'm waiting for all these ARM build fixes, i. e. especially the AT91 stuff.
... So if Prafulla asked for a pull, it may be that heactually wanted a pull into ARM master, somehow mentally squezing the 'rebase MV master onto MV next then ask for a pull of master' process.
I don't think so.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk