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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: 4.6 branches created in git again
From:       Alexander Neundorf <neundorf () kde ! org>
Date:       2011-03-20 15:02:49
Message-ID: 201103201602.49212.neundorf () kde ! org
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On Sunday 20 March 2011, Parker Coates wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 10:09, Andreas Hartmetz wrote:
> > On Sunday 20 March 2011 14:38:40 Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> >> Can you please be careful and do not create incorrectly 4.6 branches in
> >> places where the branch is called KDE/4.6 (e.g kdelibs and kde-runtime)
> >>
> >> Ian can you kill them?
> >
> > Maybe we can go through with renaming the branches to n.m (without KDE/)
> > prefix?
>
> I think keeping the prefix is the superior option. For kdelibs,
> kderuntime, kdeworkspace, etc. it really doesn't make any difference,
> but for something like, say, Konsole the difference is important. If
> one sees a branch named "4.6" in the Konsole repository, one is likely
> to assume that it represents Konsole 4.6, when in fact it represents
> Konsole 2.6 which is part of KDE SC 4.6. Keeping the "KDE/" prefix
> helps clarify this.

I agree.
In doubt, be explicit.

Alex
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