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Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:13:41 +0200
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Subject: RE: removal of the old PHP-X.Y.Z release branches
From: anatol.php@belski.net ("Anatol Belski")

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: julienpauli@gmail.com [mailto:julienpauli@gmail.com] On Behalf =
Of
> Julien Pauli
> Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2015 5:28 PM
> To: Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@gmail.com>
> Cc: Stanislav Malyshev <stas@php.net>; Remi Collet <remi@php.net>; =
Kalle
> Sommer Nielsen <kalle@php.net>; Anatoliy Belsky <ab@php.net>; PHP =
Internals
> <internals@lists.php.net>
> Subject: Re: removal of the old PHP-X.Y.Z release branches
>=20
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@gmail.com> =
wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > we RMs started using the release branches (PHP-X.Y.Z) a while ago =
and
> > we push those so that the we can work together easier when
> > preparing/syncing the releases.
> > As those branches are meaningless for the general public I would
> > propose updating our current release process
> > (https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/master/README.RELEASE_PROCESS)
> so
> > that when we create a new release branch (PHP-X.Y.Z) we also remove
> > the old release branch (PHP-X.Y.Z-1).
> > (we could even remove it after tagging the final, but in the past we
> > had a couple of re-tags, so it is easier to just remove when =
creating
> > the release branch for the next version).
> > I would also propose removing all of the old release branches for
> > now(only keeping the last one for each minor/major version).
> >
> > ps: I've also cc-ed the internals@ list so people won't freak out
> > if/when we remove the old branches en masse.
>=20
> I'm very +1 in cleaning old git references, like RM branches, and not =
needed
> branches like most of  "experimental/" , some dating back from 2000.
>=20
Same here with release branches. Once a release is permanently out, it =
cannot be retagged anyway. If it was bad, the release branch might need =
to be reused directly. But when branching out the next clean one, the =
previous release branch loses its usefulness.

Regarding experimental branches - maybe there could be kinda "museum" =
repository for all that? Even if they wouldn't have any immediate =
practical usefulness, the thoughts there could be still useful. And, =
just the history :)

Regards

Anatol