Re: [maint] Guidelines for experimental branches

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at redhat dot com>]

> On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 05:32, Michal Ludvig wrote:
>
>
> > So, could we say, that the date in there it optional?
>
> Yes, of course.  I was only rationalizing why would you want to have it
> in the branch name.

It's a recommendation.  The experience I've had matches diego - having 
to abandon old branches and cut new ones (just a shame that CVS doesn't 
have branch aliases).

Andrew

PS: If nothing else, the date is a daily reminder of how old the branch 
is :-)