[hibernate-dev] ORM 6 branch

[Davide D'Alto]

> Well first, I never said it would be deleted after the Alpha.  I said it would be deleted *at some point*, meaning at some point after 6 is moved to master.

Sorry, my bad
On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 1:34 PM Steve Ebersole <steve at hibernate.org> wrote:
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> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 7:22 AM Davide D'Alto <davide at hibernate.org> wrote:
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>> +1 for the creation of the branch upstream and everything Yoann said.
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>> One curiosity,  once there is an alpha, why would you delete the whole branch?
>> Couldn't you change everything on the existing branch without deleting it?
>> It's unusual to rewrite the history of upstream branches but we have
>> done it before.
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> Well first, I never said it would be deleted after the Alpha.  I said it would be deleted *at some point*, meaning at some point after 6 is moved to master.
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> Also, IMO, topic branches upstream are generally speaking a very bad idea.  So this is something we hardly ever do - maybe y'all do on other projects, dunno.  But either way, it is very common for a topic branch to go away eventually.
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> As far as re-writing history, sure it is unusual but we are already in the realm of unusual merely by having a topic branch upstream
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