Re: [Qemu-devel] New stable branch information

[Markus Armbruster]

Anthony Liguori <address@hidden> writes:

> On 02/05/2011 03:11 AM, Michael Tokarev wrote:
>> 04.02.2011 15:25, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>>    
>>> To help make the stable branch more active than it has been in the past,
>>> I'd like to split the stable branch into a separate tree to allow the
>>> tree to develop a life of its own over time.
>>>      
>> What's the difference between a separate tree and a branch in main tree?
>> Why separate tree is needed?  As far as I can see, both serves the same
>> purpose, but to me a separate branch is easier to handle (comparing etc).
>>    
>
> Without overhauling how we host our git tree, I can't give fine grain
> access to specific branches.
>
> I'm going to look into that in the not too distant future but it's not
> going to happen short term.
>
> So for now, we'll have separate trees and I'll work on getting the
> right infrastructure such that we can have one.

You go ahead do what you think is right, but I wouldn't bother with
this.  Separate trees are easier to set up and maintain, and they're
almost as easy to use: just pull from all the trees you're interested.