On Jun 1, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Juan Manuel Palacios wrote:
Again, many reasons to move GSoC work to branches and very little to have it happen right on trunk, in my opinion. I'll make the move if no one presents a case against it, so please speak up if you feel you have valid arguments against moving to branches. Thanks!
I object. I'm completely in agreement with James - the SoC contributors shouldn't be treated any differently than other contributors (lest we create 2nd class citizens in what is otherwise supposed to be an open project, regardless of how someone gets here). A branch also isn't a quarantine mechanism to be arbitrarily placed on a contributor* - it's an organizational tool to be used in certain situations which depend ENTIRELY on the types of changes in question. That should be left to the discretion of the contributor. Artificially constraining things to branches is also generally the first step in ensuring their decay and eventual death. That's a fairly strong argument against. - Jordan * Yes, I'm also familiar with the "untrustworthy contributor" scenario, but the solution there still isn't a branch, it's a committer proxy.