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[Deryck Hodge <deryck.hodge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 6:50 AM, Jonathan Lange <jml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm practically an old hand and they're the same problems for me.
>
> There are a few tricks you can use to not forget branches:
>  * Consult https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~jcsackett/launchpad
>  * Consult https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~jcsackett/+activereviews
>  * Delete local copies (or checkouts) of branches after they've been
> merged into stable/db-stable
>  * Keep the number of branches low
>
> I especially rely on the third one, since it's really easy for me to
> do `ls ~/src/launchpad` to see what work I've got outstanding.

The kanban board should help with the last item.  We're making sure
cards correspond to branches rather than bugs on the bugs team board.
Part of this is to better reflect the work we're doing and see if that
helps cycle time and part of it is to make sure we don't have work
lingering forever.

Cheers,
deryck


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