From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com (out3-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E94C1041; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 11:18:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id A501A20BB6; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 05:18:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2 ([10.202.2.161]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 14 Sep 2017 05:18:07 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=mesmtp; bh=FzO5U//bhRUL+jf hfpi7O6yDt5ya86rE1htqqXkG26M=; b=OadURBuzLo0FFs9EIo1FUxamIy048Zj 2PByaUL+hZ7yV26Ba8hkkOTIlF1SrOA0FvjMwE82Yauo96nS3OJCC5Zgp2+6EYA5 jN2rfdenBnIW3Z+bvM8WhCSV/cz7FZNpjna30aS7QX+3t+rZT37n8F4CrhzsXzla EzmNbdEi4MRY= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s= fm1; bh=FzO5U//bhRUL+jfhfpi7O6yDt5ya86rE1htqqXkG26M=; b=kyKUggSz 2SmKgwirWIt25thAJH/k26Oe+pVnpgoh4pJX/kD9B+4KDYuIFzF96nI0r0hEJdwj yukfDBQcsvJdpoFSGI4HtvF3ueoSo5zYbUrcLStI50H6VEhUlkGLRdmUWUW1Ugjk JlxnBCwtVdYWpctVfv6vT92P64bH2wgK/0ApTagZm0S/G6f5086qLPvB6cO+rC6G zRB4BoHr/M34cAiSelM5NIJAMIRmy0h+Hk7zSx3UQX+yi/GX2ftiHJPAzB8sfWhq V798ZiFklLnlJOXGrgHPtWn2jg63UiJNYbIua8pQsvmvk3rXmBbP/r0B3lhOAnyr r1lXAlnoJ/Zecg== X-ME-Sender: X-Sasl-enc: Dk9D2kuc81c7fuEkXybXSbxxLwYCb/MUmNoP9u/vX0ic 1505380687 Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 53E2624009; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 05:18:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Bruce Richardson Cc: Stephen Hemminger , Adrien Mazarguil , Ferruh Yigit , dev@dpdk.org, techboard@dpdk.org Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 11:18:06 +0200 Message-ID: <5035401.hoKbokARAT@xps> In-Reply-To: <20170914090349.GA50056@bricha3-MOBL3.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <2737351.pD9poAUtZC@xps> <5858182.HmkBWfGZLK@xps> <20170914090349.GA50056@bricha3-MOBL3.ger.corp.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] git trees organization X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 09:18:08 -0000 14/09/2017 11:03, Bruce Richardson: > On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:22:23AM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 14/09/2017 04:25, Stephen Hemminger: > > > Bisecting a tree with lots of subtree merges is terrible. That is why Linus > > > rebases and doesn't directly take linux-next > > > > I agree, bisecting with subtree merges is not pleasant at all. > > That's why I chose the rebase method until now. > > > > Adrien mentioned some drawbacks with the rebase method. > > Ferruh mentioned some drawbacks and some advantages of rebase. > > Stephen mentioned another advantage of rebase. > > Such decisions are really difficult. > > One thing is sure: there will be always someone unhappy, > > no matter the decision :) > > > > When we want to take such decision or re-consider it, > > we ask the techboard to vote... > > I'm not sure the techboard needs to vote on this, this is an issue for > the tree maintainers/committers is it not? If you do want techboard > input on this, I suggest the committers come to an agreement among > themselves, with community input, and then just look for tech board to > ratify it. No, it is an issue for everybody. Rebase makes tracking of subtrees difficult for developpers. Merge makes reading and bisecting difficult for developpers. We cannot have an agreement in the community because both arguments are valid. I add that merge can slow down subtree integration if a change is needed. >>From my point of view, it is OK as it is currently. It is maybe as difficult as choosing between vim and emacs ;) (although it seems crazy to use emacs)