packaging branches

[Ferenc Wágner]

Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org> writes:

> Sam Hartman <hartmans at debian.org> writes:
>
>> I actually recommend using a tag for the tip of a discarded branch whose
>> history you want to keep rather than keeping the branch around.  I tend
>> to only keep branches for live heads of development.  At least when I
>> remember to clean things up.
>>
>> Just thoughts; I don't have significant stakes in this game.
>
> Note that if everyone is comfortable with that, there already is a tag
> (debian/1.6.1-7).  That may be the best approach, since it means the
> repository artifact we're keeping matches the only reason why we're
> keeping that line of development around (because it concluded in an
> upload to Debian).

I agree that this would be a good solution, and one which also saves us
finding a fitting name for this obsolete branch.
-- 
Feri