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Re: [linuxtools-dev] Proposal: Update to Git branching policy

----- Original Message -----
> > 
> >      1. Branch "master" remains the main development tree.
> >      2. Name-space maintenance branches with prefix "released/"
> >      3. Name-space shared feature branches with prefix "features/"
>  
> > The benefits of this would be to encourage collaboration on
> > experimental
> > features and make their development more visible to the public.
> > What do you think?
> 
> I like the idea in terms of clearly defining what are experimental
> features. It might also encourage more usage of branches as opposed
> to keeping branches local and merging later. Would there be any
> downsides
> to having a longer branch "path" ? Eg. for a Valgrind specific
> feature,
> the branch would be features/valgrind/my-feature.

I don't think that there is a problem with these longer branch names.
Your idea sounds good to me.

--Severin


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