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[Emacs-diffs] trunk r118215: Merge BRANCH into repo, because it belongs
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Eric S. Raymond |
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[Emacs-diffs] trunk r118215: Merge BRANCH into repo, because it belongs with the developer advice. Also... |
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Sun, 26 Oct 2014 11:16:36 +0000 |
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revno: 118215
revision-id: address@hidden
parent: address@hidden
committer: Eric S. Raymond <address@hidden>
branch nick: trunk
timestamp: Sun 2014-10-26 07:15:06 -0400
message:
Merge BRANCH into repo, because it belongs with the developer advice. Also...
...this helps prepare for the repository move.
removed:
admin/notes/BRANCH branch-20091113204419-o5vbwnq5f7feedwu-3013
modified:
admin/notes/repo bzr-20100518025134-ebvhi2w74h1r56u7-1
=== removed file 'admin/notes/BRANCH'
--- a/admin/notes/BRANCH 2011-03-08 00:08:03 +0000
+++ b/admin/notes/BRANCH 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-You can view the available Emacs branches at
-
-http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/r/emacs/
-
-Development normally takes places on the trunk.
-Sometimes specialized features are developed on separate branches
-before possibly being merged to the trunk.
-
-Development is discussed on the emacs-devel mailing list.
-
-Sometime before the release of a new major version of Emacs (eg 23.2),
-a "feature freeze" is imposed on the trunk. No new features may be
-added after this point. This is usually some months before the release.
-
-Shortly before the release, a release branch is created, and the
-trunk is then free for development.
-For example, "emacs-23" for Emacs 23.2 and later, "EMACS_23_1_RC" for
-23.1, "EMACS_22_BASE" for 22.x, and "EMACS_21_1_RC" for 21.x.
-
-Consult emacs-devel for exactly what kinds of changes are allowed
-on what branch at any time.
-
-If you are looking at this file in a branch other than the trunk,
-there may be some branch-specific documentation below this line.
-________________________________________________________________________
-
-* elpa
-
- This branch does not contain a copy of Emacs, but of the Emacs Lisp
- package archive (elpa.gnu.org). See admin/notes/elpa for further
- explanation, and the README file in the branch for usage
- instructions.
=== modified file 'admin/notes/repo'
--- a/admin/notes/repo 2014-10-26 10:12:44 +0000
+++ b/admin/notes/repo 2014-10-26 11:15:06 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,39 @@
NOTES ON COMMITTING TO EMACS'S REPOSITORY -*- outline -*-
+* Commit to the right branch
+
+You can view the available Emacs branches at
+
+http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/r/emacs/
+
+Development normally takes places on the trunk.
+Sometimes specialized features are developed on separate branches
+before possibly being merged to the trunk.
+
+Development is discussed on the emacs-devel mailing list.
+
+Sometime before the release of a new major version of Emacs
+a "feature freeze" is imposed on the trunk. No new features may be
+added after this point. This is usually some months before the release.
+
+Shortly before the release, a release branch is created, and the
+trunk is then free for development.
+
+For example, "emacs-23" for Emacs 23.2 and later, "EMACS_23_1_RC" for
+23.1, "EMACS_22_BASE" for 22.x, and "EMACS_21_1_RC" for 21.x.
+
+Consult emacs-devel for exactly what kinds of changes are allowed
+on what branch at any time.
+
+** elpa
+
+This branch does not contain a copy of Emacs, but of the Emacs Lisp
+package archive (elpa.gnu.org). See admin/notes/elpa for further
+explanation, and the README file in the branch for usage
+instructions.
+
* Install changes only on one branch, let them get merged elsewhere if needed.
+
In particular, install bug-fixes only on the release branch (if there
is one) and let them get synced to the trunk; do not install them by
hand on the trunk as well. E.g. if there is an active "emacs-24" branch
@@ -19,6 +52,7 @@
in the commit log that it should not be merged to the trunk; see below).
* Backporting a bug-fix from the trunk to a branch (e.g. "emacs-24").
+
Indicate in the commit log that there is no need to merge the commit
to the trunk. Anything that matches `bzrmerge-skip-regexp' will do;
eg start the commit message with "Backport:". This is helpful for the
@@ -27,6 +61,7 @@
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2010-05/msg00262.html
* Installing changes from your personal branches.
+
If your branch has only a single commit, or many different real
commits, it is fine to do a merge. If your branch has only a very
small number of "real" commits, but several "merge from trunks", it is
@@ -47,6 +82,7 @@
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2010-04/msg00086.html
* Installing changes from gnulib
+
Some of the files in Emacs are copied from gnulib. To synchronize
these files from the version of gnulib that you have checked out into
a sibling directory of your branch, type "admin/merge-gnulib"; this
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