[Zope-dev] [SVN-externals] tags vs. branches

[Wichert Akkerman]

Previously Andreas Jung wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> while working on the Zope trunk I figured out that the trunk contains 
> svn:externals both to Zope 3 tags and Zope 3 branches. This mixture is 
> insane. I propose the following for the future:
> 
> - the svn:externals on the trunk should point to the latest release 
> branches (Zope 3, ZODB etc.) or dedicated development branches that will be
>   used for the next release
> 
> - when we creating a new release branch (for preparing a new major)
>   release we change the svn:externals to the latest branches that
>   will be used for the next release. Pre-Zope 2.11.0 releases
>   would refer to the Zope3/branches/3.4
> 
> - for release branches (after the .0 release) we point the svn:externals
>   to latest tagged releases of a particular package. Versions > Zope 2.11.0
>   would refer to Zope3/tags/3.4.X (which is already the case).
> 
> Comments?

+1

Wichert.

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