[sldev] http-texture branch

[Philippe Bossut (Merov Linden)]

Hi Techwolf,

On Apr 24, 2009, at 3:05 PM, lists.secondlife.com at trap.wereanimal.net  
wrote:
> Witch one should we be testing? branches or projects?

We should be testing projects and developing in projects. Always.  
Projects is what we do and test and breathe.

> And why two of the same project?

"branches" is the parking repository for the "vendor" version, the  
code that gets exported by LL into the OSS realm. That's where code  
lands when they throw it over the wall (<disclaimer>I'm being  
facetious here with my use of vocabulary and, in that particular  
instance, that's me throwing code over the wall</disclaimer>). We (as  
open source developers) are not supposed to modify branches ever. They  
are sacred and represent what comes from Lindens. We build it though  
to make sure it's not evil, that our changes don't get stomped by  
Linden updates and that we like it enough to merge it into our projects.

Makes sense?

Cheers,
- Merov