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Subject: Re: [boost] Removing old branches
From: Edward Diener via Boost <boost () lists ! boost ! org>
Date: 2019-11-15 16:16:39
Message-ID: qqmj17$1853$1 () blaine ! gmane ! org
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On 11/15/2019 7:51 AM, Alexander Grund via Boost wrote:
> Private reply intentionally:
>
> Completely understood your intention. Just wanted to give some
> background on the type of branches in question so decision makers have
> it easier.
I removed all the stale branches in Boost PP.
>
> Am 15.11.19 um 13:49 schrieb Edward Diener via Boost:
>> On 11/15/2019 7:32 AM, Alexander Grund via Boost wrote:
>>> Am 15.11.19 um 11:56 schrieb Edward Diener via Boost:
>>>> I received an issue about Boost PP having lots of old branches which
>>>> the issuer would like removed. I notice most other Boost libraries
>>>> also have lots of old branches. Is there any policy about removing
>>>> these old branches from a Boost library repository ? Many of these
>>>> old branches are svn-branches, but most of them do not have any
>>>> value any more and, of course, do not affect the current 'develop'
>>>> or 'master' branch.
>>>
>>> It was me requesting this. See e.g.
>>> https://github.com/boostorg/preprocessor/branches/stale for about 70
>>> stale branches. According to GitHub all(or at least most) of them are
>>> merged into master/develop as indicated by e.g. "1 commit ahead, 275
>>> commits behind develop" where the "1 commit" is "This commit was
>>> manufactured by cvs2svn to create branch 'SPIRIT_1_6'."
>>>
>>> I don't see any value in those branches, as they look like feature
>>> branches from SVN times that are already merged and hence obsolete.
>>> Every Fork will have them too which makes switching to new feature
>>> branches when developing cumbersome.
>>>
>>> IMO one can delete all branches saying "1 commit ahead, *" where the
>>> latest commit is from "nobody" without further checking. The
>>> remaining ones might need a check if they actually contain new stuff.
>>
>> I was just pointing out that Boost PP is hardly the only Boost library
>> which has lots of stale branches. If it is not against Boost policy to
>> delete old, stale branches I will be glad to do so, but I was just
>> looking for some clarification from other Boost developers first.
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