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[Jonathan Lange <jml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Maris Fogels <maris.fogels@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, quick question:
>
> Today I goofed up a merge proposal created via the web interface because I
> proposed to merge my branch into the "Development Focus", lp:launchpad.  It
> turns out that lp:launchpad is not, in fact, where we do development work.
> lp:launchpad-devel is.
>
> So why isn't lp:launchpad-devel, the branch where we land our code, set as
> the development focus?  Even if just as a convenience to those using the web
> interface?
>

Because stacking is more efficient on branches that have more
revisions, and the development focus determines stacking, and db-devel
has the most revisions.

jml