[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython (trunk): Close the "trunk" branch.

[Tim Delaney]

On 27 February 2011 03:02, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:

> > Committing reopened it
>
> So what's the point of closing it, then? What effect does that
> achieve?


http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4099345/is-it-possible-to-reopen-a-closed-branch-in-mercurial/4101279#4101279

The closed flag is just used to filter out closed branches from hg branches
and hg heads unless you use the --closed option - it doesn't prevent you
from using the branches.

Basically, it reduces the noise, especially if you have very branchy
development like I personally prefer (a named branch per task/issue). If you
only use anonymous branches, except for your feature branches (e.g. 3.2,
2.7) then you'd probably never close a branch.

Tim Delaney
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