[Development] Please warn of force pushes...

[Oswald Buddenhagen]

On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 08:11:22AM -0700, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> On segunda-feira, 22 de abril de 2013 16.59.27, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 07:48:07AM -0700, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> > > On segunda-feira, 22 de abril de 2013 16.25.30, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> > > > as far as i'm concerned, the push policy for all non-mainline branches
> > > > (in particular those without a CI) is entirely up to the discretion of
> > > > their owners.
> > > 
> > > And where is it documented for winrt?
> > 
> > why should it be?
> 
> Because people need to know what to expect if they are going to participate.
> 
while not entirely invalid, i don't think this is of particular concern.
somebody who joins the work on a project is supposed to be talking to
the respective people.

> > > Therefore, we define one only: no rebase.
> > 
> > you are effectively asking for a second gerrit instance then.
> > maybe rethink that.
> 
> Ok, then add "rebasing" to the branch name somewhere. Preferably:
> 
> 	wip/rebasing/xxx
> 
sounds over-engineered to me.
and unnecessarily restrictive, as the policy may change ad-hoc as things
progress.

i don't think we should put any more energy into discussing this matter.
the only action point is documenting on the wiki that wip/ branches
(winrt should have had that prefix, obviously) may be subject to history
rewriting.