[Twisted-Python] Branch name convention

[Adi Roiban]

On 16 March 2015 at 18:53, Glyph Lefkowitz <glyph at twistedmatrix.com> wrote:
>
> On Mar 16, 2015, at 11:20 AM, Adi Roiban <adi at roiban.ro> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to ask why the  twisted branch name convention ask for
> trailing ticket ID.
>
> Why not leading ID?
>
> some-text-1234 vs 1234-some-text
>
> -----
>
> The default git auto completion script only does search at the start
> of the string.
>
> When I work on a ticket I know the ticket number but I always forget
> the name of the branch... so I have to search it inside the Trac
> ticket.
>
> It is not a big deal and I know that there are greater annoyances in
> Twisted dev process but I am curios if there is someone else who don't
> like this convention and if there is any chance of changing it.
>
>
> When we started this it seemed like the descriptive name would be easier to
> remember than the opaque ticket number.  I agree that was the wrong call,
> oddly enough, I do remember the ticket numbers more.  That said, we can
> switch as soon as all the currently outstanding branches are landed and
> deleted: https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/browser/branches ;-)

Which are the "all currently outstanding branches" ?

I see a lot of branched older than 5 years... with 210 branches older
than 2 years :(

Why do we need to wait for them?

-- 
Adi Roiban