drop inheritance at f19 branch point?

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:34:57 -0500
Ben Boeckel <mathstuf at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 19:48:25 -0700, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> > Seems complex.
> 
> For the logic, the delay part, or a likely implementation?

Yes. ;) 
> 
> > Would it run on the client or on the server side?
> 
> I was thinking server side at first, but maybe we could have fedpkg
> detect this and ask if it's wanted when the build is requested
> (possibly with a per-package and global setting)?

That sounds really busy... "fedpkg build" "Do you want to also build
this for $branch" ? If I did, wouldn't I?

> > It also seems... unexpected. You ask for a build, but it does
> > commits and builds behind your back?
> 
> As written above, it wouldn't write any new commits (--ff-only should
> enforce that). It would only update branches and request builds along
> with a notice of intent.

Sure, it doesn't commit that was a poor phrasing. It however does merge
and build things you didn't ask it to build. 

kevin

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