From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2025-04-10 20:38:13
Sometime ago someone made the case that we should drop the Debug branch
in the git storage for the libraries. I found the case pretty
convincing and endorsed the change. However, it seems that the idea was
not well received and the idea was not adopted. I hope my endorsement
wasn't responsable for it's being dismissed.
Now it seems that the idea HAS been adopted. I've found in both the
libraries I maintain, some "maintainers" check into the master branch
directly from a feature branch used for debugging. This was kind of
problematic as the debug and master branch were no longer easily
understood by doing a diff. Worse, other "maintainers" check into the
debug branch in the traditional way leaving the merge to master as a
separate operation in the traditional manner. My custom has been to
merger to master just before the next release.
I only dip into maintenance occasionally, so I don't remember all the
details and I have to spend a lot of time looking at who did what. So,
I'm announcing that I am unilaterally declaring soon I will be leaving
the debug branch aside and not use it in the future. Those who have the
authority to directly make changes in these libraries (as opposed do
making a merge request) should know that any pushes to the debug branch
will be lost.
Robert Ramey