[Exist-development] Maintaining the 1.4 branch

[Wolfgang M. <wol...@ex...>]

Dear developers,

I'd like to remind you that all bug fixes or changes you want to see
in the stable 1.4.x series need to be ported back to the 1.4.x branch:

https://exist.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/exist/stable/eXist-1.4.x/

It is much easier to do this in time, while you still remember why and
what you changed. I spent several hours last week to scan my own
stuff. It would have been less work if I had done it earlier.

What should go into 1.4.x:

* well-tested code only; the goal should be to improve overall stability
* all bug fixes
* improvements to existing features, mainly to make them more complete
(debugger, xproc, indexes, ...) or improve user experience.

New features are usually not allowed. Ideally all changes should be
cross-checked. So please keep an eye on all commits going into the
1.4.x branch. I think we will need to have a 1.4.1 release early next
year (or even before the new year).

Wolfgang