RE: [ros-dev] Registry and ObjectManager (was FreeLdr Part II)

[Casper Hornstrup]

>   -----Original Message-----
>  From: ros-dev-bounces(a)reactos.com 
>  [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Alex Ionescu
>  Sent: 9. marts 2005 22:17
>  To: ReactOS Development List
>  Subject: Re: [ros-dev] Registry and ObjectManager (was 
>  FreeLdr Part II) 
<snip>Talk about all the work that went into the branch</snip>

I'll try to be more clear since you seem to be confused about my points.
I'm NOT arguing that the product is bad. I haven't looked at the branch
yet, but I'm sure a lot of great work went into it. ReactOS is still
a volunteer effort and everyone can (and should) be able to decide for
him/herself what they want to contribute. This is a great motivation
factor, but it's also a disadvantage so we should make sure that our
processes minimize the damages that can happen from that.

What I AM arguing for is that THE PROCESS could be better. Traditionally
there are two types of branches.

1) Release branch. Usually created some time before a release to have a
more stable product at the time of a release. Only bugfixes go to this
branch.

2) Feature branch. Usually created to achieve a well-defined purpose
(e.g. the implementation of a new feature). Only changes required to
achieve the well-defined purpose are committed to this branch.

Alex_devel_branch is a combination of the two and it has some disadvantages.

* Bugs that that could have been fixed on trunk are annoying to trunk
developers. The bugfixes that go only to the branch are not in trunk (until
merged there from the branch) where most developers work and is thus
annoying to these developers.

* Risk of duplicating work. We'll have more branches to track bugfixes on
so it's harder to know which bugs has been fixed and which hasn't.

Casper