[x265] Collaboration with topic branches

[SF Markus Elfring]

Hello,

I have read a bit about a "default branch" (in the document section "Release Management").
https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265/wiki/Contribute#markdown-header-release-management

How do you think about to work also with topic branches?
http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Branching-Branching-Workflows
http://stevelosh.com/blog/2009/08/a-guide-to-branching-in-mercurial/
http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/BranchingExplained

Regards,
Markus