We need a good concise document explaining step by step how to version code.

http://drupal.org/handbook/cvs/quickstart I've made decent progress with CVS using that document (and the good documentation on release best practices http://drupal.org/handbook/cvs/releases). I find it easy to manage releases given the intstructions. My question is slightly naive and slightly different. I don't maintain HEAD as an active branch. That is, only 4-7--x and 5--x branches are actually working code. What I haven't found are any explicit instructions regarding the use of HEAD vs. the other branches. See the issue submitted here: http://drupal.org/node/101118, for example. I think I'm a good example of someone who uses CVS but doesn't understand it, so I'd like to know what the expectation is regarding HEAD. So, should I be committing all new changes to HEAD as well as 5--x? Or should HEAD only be used for code that complies with changes to Drupal HEAD? Or have I missed the point entirely. -- Ken Rickard agentrickard