[Nix-dev] Why are there so many branches in the nixpkgs repo

[Matthias Beyer]

On 18-02-2015 22:20:21, Vladimír Čunát wrote:
> On 02/18/2015 09:51 AM, Nathan Bijnens wrote:
> >    My vote is to remove merged branches without historical significance
> >    (version 0.5 is a keeper, like upstart), and then any branches that
> >    got their last push before August 2014 are renamed to attic/...
> >
> >First make a fork with all history. Afterwards I like Wout's suggestion.
> 
> Removing merged branches doesn't destroy history.
> BTW, historically significant versions that aren't meant to be changed
> anymore might better be converted to tags.

+1 !

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