[p4] Skipping generations when integrating - Rick Macdonald - com.perforce.perforce-user

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Rick Macdonald	30 Sep 2002 06:35
"Schaible, Jörg"	30 Sep 2002 08:58
Chuck Karish	30 Sep 2002 10:00
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Matthew Rice	01 Oct 2002 04:06
Chuck Karish	01 Oct 2002 06:39
Rick Macdonald	01 Oct 2002 11:18
Robert Cowham	01 Oct 2002 12:51

Subject:	[p4] Skipping generations when integrating
From:	Rick Macdonald (rick...@shaw.ca)
Date:	09/30/2002 06:35:04 AM
List:	com.perforce.perforce-user

I know integrating between siblings is a no-no. I seem to recall that skipping generations is bad as well. I can't find where I read that. Is this true, and if so, is there a FAQ or something that explains it? For example:

________________________________ mainline \_____________ b1 \___________ b2

Is there a problem integrating directly (and only, I suppose) from b2 back to the mainline? I'm trying to advise that b2 should come off the mainline in the first place, and if skipping generations is problematic that I have even more of a case. ...RickM...