[p4] Is there an argument for deleting old releases?

[Jay Glanville]

Nice suggestion, Stephen.  Thanks.

But doesn't this prevent people from being able to research history (ie:
look back at what we did back in release x)?

Thanks for the suggestion.

JDG

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Jay Dickon Glanville


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Vance [mailto:steve at vance.com] 
> Sent: May 15, 2007 9:46 AM
> To: Jay Glanville
> Cc: Perforce Users Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [p4] Is there an argument for deleting old releases?
> 
> 
> You can eliminate the visual noise by just removing everyone's 
> permission to see the branches as one of the last lines in your 
> protection table. This also fits with the classification that these 
> branches are inactive. Just remember to leave the super line at the 
> bottom as best practice.
> 
> Steve
> 
> Jay Glanville wrote:
> > This is an opinion question, so I'm sure I'm going to get 
> many different
> > answers! ;-)
> >
> > In our P4 depot, we have a product with multiple releases, 
> structured in
> > a somewhat 'standard' directory structure:
> >   .../application/branches/rel_01.00
> >                           /rel_01.01
> >                           /rel_02.00
> >                           /rel_02.01
> >                           /mainline
> > Along with the directory structure, we've labeled every 
> major milestone
> > within each release.
> >
> > Some of these releases are no longer in the field, and are therefore
> > considered 'obsolete'.  Eg: all releases prior to 2.0 are 
> no longer of
> > interest.
> >
> > The thought I had the other day was to delete (not obliterate) all
> > obsolete branches.  Why?  To help differentiate all active and
> > non-active branches (the active ones are the ones that you see by
> > default).  In other words, to help reduce the amount of 
> 'visible noise'
> > when a developer looks at the depot.
> >
> > I can't think of there being any 'harm' with doing this, for if a
> > developer needs to look at historical information, they can 
> still browse
> > the old code by either using the milestone labels or by 
> 'showing deleted
> > depot files'.
> >
> > So, is there an argument for doing this?  Is there a good 
> argument for
> > NOT doing this?  What do you think?
> >
> > JDG
> > ---
> > Jay Dickon Glanville
> >
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