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If we agree on this, then the first step is:
svn cp https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/components/trunk^{Image Removed}https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/components/branches/2.0.x^{Image Removed}

and everyone svn switches to that if they are doing core bugfixes. John - can you do this?

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Notes from Garrett Rooney (an svn committer)

his book -> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590592905/103-5910651-7107845?SubscriptionId=08D0B2KAJCAJFBXZGJ02&n=283155^{Image Removed}

<jason_> any svn users who are familiar with the fly fishing technique?
<jason_> just looking for a little advice on working with branches
<chipig> fly fishing and branches?
<rooneg> i can give advice on working with branches, but i have no clue what you mean by "fly fishing technique" in that context
<jason_> http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.html#Going%20Out%20On%20A%20Limb%20(How%20To%20Work%20With%20Branches%20And%20Survive^{Image Removed})
<jason_> rooneg, do you typically work on trunk and merge into the branch periodically or right away?
<rooneg> well, it depends what kind of branch you're talking about. is it a release branch? a maintenance branch? a feature branch?
<jason_> in this case a release branch
<jason_> well, we release from this branch
<rooneg> well, for subversion itself we use a technique like this. when we're ready to start preparing for a release we branch off of the trunk.
<jason_> http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/maven/components/branches/maven-2.0.x/^{Image Removed}
<rooneg> any last minute modifications to the branch happen there (updating change lists, version numbers, etc), then we cut a release candidate.
<rooneg> at this point trunk development continues as usual
<rooneg> there is now a soak period, where the RC is tested. if bugs are found they are fixed on the trunk and then proposed for merging back to the branch.
<rooneg> when we've got enough fixes merged in that a new RC is justified we roll a new RC off the release branch
<rooneg> (rolling an RC means tagging it as well, FWIW)
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<rooneg> eventualy one of our RCs is declared final, and we roll the final release with only a version number change relative to the last RC
<rooneg> the release branch (i.e. branches/1.2.x or branches/1.3.x) sticks around and we do basically the same thing for the next release.
<rooneg> the important thing is that all changes go into the trunk first, then get merged into the release branch as needed, so no changes ever get dropped by mistake
<jason_> cool, that's what i wanted to hear
<jason_> thx for the advice
<jason_> what's your name btw? just so i remember
<rooneg> no problem
<rooneg> Garrett Rooney

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http://www.asterisk.org/developers/svn-branching-merging
http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/Best_practices_for_working_with_branches
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk/VERSIONING
http://svn.collab.net/viewcvs/svn/trunk/contrib/client-side/
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/index.html