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Re: Freezing for 2.18
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Janek Warchoł |
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Re: Freezing for 2.18 |
Date: |
Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:02:30 +0100 |
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 3:53 PM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> Uh Janek? We have _never_ made a branch for stable releases until after
> we reached a state of convergence. The problem is that in order to get
> a stable release from a wobbly starting base, we need testers. If all
> developers move on to the unstable branch and the unstable branch gets
> extensive work, testing of the fixes required to get a release ready
> will fall apart.
ok, i see your point.
> After cutting the stable release branch, what goes in there are
> documentation fixes, well-exposed cherrypicks of bug fixes, and reverts
> of regressions. Basically stuff that is _certain_ to improve release
> quality, judging from the beating it has seen in master because, like it
> or not, that's what people are working with and looking at. If the
> unstable branch gets _extensive_ changes, this approach falls down.
Here's where my reasoning was flawed - i thought that even if the
unstable branch will get extensive changes, it will be possible to
cherry-pick stable stuff into stable branch.
Hm.
thanks for correcting me.
Janek
- Re: Freezing for 2.18, (continued)
- Re: Freezing for 2.18, David Kastrup, 2013/03/10
- Re: Freezing for 2.18, address@hidden, 2013/03/11
- Re: Freezing for 2.18, David Kastrup, 2013/03/11
- Re: Freezing for 2.18, Janek Warchoł, 2013/03/11
- Re: Freezing for 2.18, David Kastrup, 2013/03/11
- Re: Freezing for 2.18, Janek Warchoł, 2013/03/11
- Re: Freezing for 2.18, Colin Hall, 2013/03/11
- Re: Freezing for 2.18, David Kastrup, 2013/03/11
- Re: Freezing for 2.18, Janek Warchoł, 2013/03/11
- Re: Freezing for 2.18, David Kastrup, 2013/03/11
- Re: Freezing for 2.18,
Janek Warchoł <=
- Re: Freezing for 2.18, David Kastrup, 2013/03/11
- Re: Freezing for 2.18, Werner LEMBERG, 2013/03/11
- Re: Freezing for 2.18, Janek Warchoł, 2013/03/11
- Re: Freezing for 2.18, Graham Percival, 2013/03/12
- Re: Freezing for 2.18, David Kastrup, 2013/03/12
Re: Freezing for 2.18, Marc Hohl, 2013/03/10