Are you questioning the daily part (continuous) or the mainline part (integration)?
I'm also interested in your better source. Every book I've read on the subject and the top 4 search results on google say the same thing.
I'm also interested in your better source. Every book I've read on the subject and the top 4 search results on google say the same thing.
Secondly, CI itself is considered a best practice. I don't know how you could expect wikipedia to mark it as anything else?
Here's the top link from google if you really care to learn and aren't just here to be a contrarian: https://www.thoughtworks.com/continuous-integration . There is a wealth of information on this subject that I promise all says the same thing. We can argue about whether or not CI is useful, but the practice of integrating continuously is in all the literature as well as the name itself.