Re: Develop on branch or mainline...

[Wim Kerkhoff]

Matthew Persico wrote:
> 
> I've seen both suggested. I do not want to start a religious war here.
> Anyone have some links to good docs on the subject? I figure I'll ask the
> experts before I wade through Google.

Check out the ACME project:

http://www.cmcrossroads.com/bradapp/acme/index.html

And in particular, "Streamed Lines: Branching Patterns for Parallel
Software Development":

http://jerry.cs.uiuc.edu/~plop/plop98/final_submissions/P37.pdf

What most people suggest to develop on the mainline. Fixes for past
releases, expiremental development, and so on are done on branches, then
merged back to the mainline as appropriate. 

HTH, Wim