[dpdk-dev] git trees organization

[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.

/Bruce