Re: Post-2.12 release plans

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Graham Percival
<address@hidden> wrote:

>> Does this mean you do not want to make any difference between odd and
>> even versions?
>
> No.  .13 would be the "devel" version, where syntax changes are
> introduced, and any major breakage occurs.  It would last as long
> as necessary to fix the major breakage and everybody to get their
> syntax changes introduced.  Then .14 would be released.
>
> Ideally, I'd shoot for 6 months of .12, 2 months of .13, then .14.
> I mean, if there's no syntax changes and no major breakage, then
> there's no point stopping .12 and calling it .13.  Now, 6 months
> without syntax changes is probably a bit long at this point, so
> .12 might only be 3 months.  But hopefully .14 or .16 could have a
> longer stable branch.

It would be really nice if we could invert the rhythms of
stable/devel: have a long stable cycle with many releases (like 2.11
had), and then    have a flurry of 2.13 releases which introduce
incompatibilities, and push out 2.14 asap.


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