Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 75580 invoked from network); 1 Jun 2009 19:00:52 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 1 Jun 2009 19:00:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 80786 invoked by uid 500); 1 Jun 2009 19:01:04 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 80714 invoked by uid 500); 1 Jun 2009 19:01:04 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 80704 invoked by uid 99); 1 Jun 2009 19:01:04 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:01:04 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of jchris@gmail.com designates 209.85.218.218 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.218.218] (HELO mail-bw0-f218.google.com) (209.85.218.218) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:00:54 +0000 Received: by bwz18 with SMTP id 18so9206293bwz.11 for ; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:00:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=q59Cc6Id8hV8jhcOLYO06KHjG8sFJjWrA/r3UF+gmac=; b=DFUiVmqspwRzbkVhzIwr0Am41yh03+7WaAae6OSt6P4Oy+XTlNNEilH4UzZvF1K/Dp CB2Im5GwgRgqO0TV9eRIKVNW2ISsgv62bnNXEpJr7EEtH8mrCMz4irNQ57y3JYF1frX2 PMer0WFZN/uwI/wiLFHQj3g/2xDsKy4l6WQUU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=T/dqwAP4iuxZdnqkzWXaXytJHktQXsLL1BV734VW/RUUKnTGEo2FD/9JFTDPv8iZd9 ZueDUzipBLUKnY6tmUQqO4mxQ8psL/dg4f6cGPqPrEbl3HMIZ4NqeE6YTRzUFJkSGzQP XhI8+m57Uyb2PGsxE9XxlhpYGLSNn+oKrI32k= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: jchris@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.58.9 with SMTP id e9mr6020683bkh.23.1243882833051; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:00:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 12:00:33 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: ba9615d5ae7bf6f7 Message-ID: Subject: changing branch commit merge block procedure From: Chris Anderson To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Devs, We've talked some about discontinuing use of svn's merge/block procedure for maintaining old release branches, in favor just asking committers to remember to put applicable patches into the 0.9.x branch. There is discussion to be had about what patches are applicable to point release branches. Perspectives? Chris -- Chris Anderson http://jchrisa.net http://couch.io