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<DIV><SPAN class=410031116-02022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Chad,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=410031116-02022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Not
quite. HEAD must always exist. As Michael pointed out in another post, one would
normally do all new work in HEAD and backport. It's just another way of working
with branches and you have to decide which method is most comfortable for you to
get the job done. And even in my method, if HEAD didn't exist where would you
begin code freeze update work. The DRUPAL-6 branch won't exist until release
time. You need somewhere to work before that (unless you plan on having tardy
modules then who cares ;)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=410031116-02022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>--Andy</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
development-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:development-bounces@drupal.org]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Chad Phillips -- Apartment Lines<BR><B>Sent:</B> 02 February
2007 16:09<BR><B>To:</B> development@drupal.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[development] CVS branch work best practices?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>AjK wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 14px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=4>Now, in HEAD, I start porting to DRUPAL CORE HEAD. There's no point
adding</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 14px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=4>features here as we are probably in code freeze anyway and we're
all</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 14px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=4>upgrading like mad.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 14px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=4>Then, DRUPAL-6 comes along. Branch my module, wipe HEAD (till next
code</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 14px Helvetica" face=Helvetica
size=4>freeze) and continue devel down the DRUPAL-6
branch.</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV>
<DIV>please correct me if i'm wrong, but given this approach, why ever have
HEAD at all? </DIV>
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<DIV>let's say you permanently wipe the files in HEAD except for the README.
couldn't you just create the DRUPAL-6 branch directly from the latest DRUPAL-5
work? it doesn't seem like HEAD ever needs to exist in this model, except as a
placeholder for the README. </DIV>
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<DIV>am i off base??</DIV>
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<DIV>chad</DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>