[SciPy-dev] "branching" a package inside scipy ?

[Robert Kern]

David Cournapeau wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>     It is a bit OT, but I would like to know if it is possible to 
> "branch" a package under scipy hierarchy. Specifically, I am about to 
> change heavily some internal of my toolbox pyem in the sandbox, which 
> may involve some changes of scipy.clusters (I would wait for approval 
> for committing the changes once done of course), but I would like to 
> continue fixing some bugs and so on in the trunk.
> 
>     Is this possible for someone with write access to scipy SVN ?

Certainly. Here is a brief outline on how to do it. I recommend ignoring most of
the first half, which describes the manual procedure, and using the svnmerge.py
tool that I describe in the latter half. It simplifies the process immensely.

  http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/numpy/wiki/MakingBranches

All of the examples there branch the whole trunk. The only change you have to
make is to use the URL directly to the cluster/ directory:

  http://svn.scipy.org/svn/scipy/trunk
    -->
  http://svn.scipy.org/svn/scipy/trunk/Lib/cluster

-- 
Robert Kern

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 an underlying truth."
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