From: Philippe K. <bur...@us...> - 2006-04-13 22:38:46
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On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:13:10 -0700 David Schleef <ds...@sc...> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 10:10:55AM -0400, Philippe Khalaf wrote: > > > - the releases are announced on the mailing list, and then again when > > > there is an actual freeze in effect. It's also announced on IRC. You > > > broke this freeze, again. Let me know if there is something you think > > > we should do to make this more clear, but you really should make sure > > > you can commit. > > Right. My bad again. As a suggestions wouldn't it be better to > > actually branch for each release, bug fix on that branch during the > > "freeze" period while others can still add stuff to HEAD, then release > > and merge that release branch with the bug fixes back into HEAD? > > We decided that it would be easier for everyone involved (esepcially > the overworked release manager) that it's better to freeze HEAD for > a brief (2-3 days) period of time. If the freeze really is that short then it is not an issue. But I don't know if 2-3 days really is enough (or realistic) to iron out a frozen release of any important bugs. Regards, Philippe > > This is, of course, a decision that can be reviewed periodically, > but I haven't seen any significant changes (like, say, switching > to svn) to how we work that would negate previous decisions. > > > > dave... > > -- > David Schleef > Big Kitten LLC (http://www.bigkitten.com/) -- data acquisition on Linux |