[Development] Branching for Qt 5 repositories

[Thiago Macieira]

On sexta-feira, 28 de setembro de 2012 10.28.26, João Abecasis wrote:
> No it is not a release. The point is features are developed outside
> shared branches until the point where they are ready for wider
> exposure. It doesn't mean they won't change. But it does mean the
> feature does something useful (i.e., is not half-broken, doesn't break
> the build), has tests for the functionality it offers that will be run
> by the CI gate, has minimal documentation to make it useful to
> developers wanting to try out or review the feature.

And don't forget the maxim of software development: there's no feature that 
survives the first contact with the user. The first thing the user of a given 
feature will do is to use it in a manner that the developer did not expect, 
and promptly cause it to fail.

Features developed must be complete in the sense that they do what the 
developers intended for it to do. Once it's ready for publication to a larger 
audience, this audience can and will find new things to use the feature for, 
probably resulting in bugs being found.

-- 
Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
     Intel Sweden AB - Registration Number: 556189-6027
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