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FYI: branch made
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Tom Tromey |
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FYI: branch made |
Date: |
11 Aug 2001 16:40:19 -0600 |
I've made the 1.5 branch. It is called `branch-real-1-5' and the
branch point is tagged `branchpoint-real-1-5'. The `real' is there
because a long time ago I optimistically made a branch-1-5 and I
didn't want to delete or move the tag.
I've renamed the trunk `1.4s'. This is high enough, I hope, that we
won't run into it. Once 1.5 is out we can rename the trunk to `1.5a'
or something like that.
I'm releasing 1.4l off the 1.5 branch right now.
Here is how I think we should handle the branch:
* Bug fixes that go on the 1.5 branch should also be checked in on the
trunk at the same time.
* Once the time comes for the 1.5 release, I will remove the XFAIL
tests from the branch. These tests have an important role, but I
think including them in a real release will just cause confusion.
* After 1.5 we'll consider releasing 1.5.1, 1.5.2, etc, as needed, off
the branch. These releases will fix whatever bugs are reported
against 1.5. The idea is to never again have a multi-year delay
between releases, especially when there are known bugs. So we'll do
as many releases from this branch as required. These can be
frequent; I think Gary's model with the 1.4-p* releases is a good
one to follow.
* On the trunk we can immediately start work that is too intrusive for
inclusion in the 1.5 series. I think it would make sense to talk
about how we will decide when it is time for 1.6.
For 1.5 we did this by choosing certain features we wanted.
However, I think we (meaning me, sigh) chose too many things.
Maybe it would be better to move to a regular release schedule.
For instance we could do a major release every 4 or 6 months.
Tom
- FYI: branch made,
Tom Tromey <=