On zondag 20 maart 2011, Christian Stimming wrote:
> Am Samstag, 12. März 2011 schrieb Geert Janssens:
> > On zaterdag 12 maart 2011, Christian Stimming wrote:
> > > Am Samstag, 12. März 2011 schrieb Geert Janssens:
> > > > > > I propose to branch a 2.4-stable branch now, so that we can
> > > > > > introduce several pending changes on trunk without risking to
> > > > > > loose the stable code state we have in 2.4.3.
> > > >
> > > > Since you proposed the branching and most people agreed, I was more
> > > > or less expecting you to commit the branch.
> > > >
> > > > Is there something you are still waiting for to go ahead, like the
> > > > git repo being in place or something ?
> > >
> > > I would like to see a stable 2.4.4 release ASAP for the reasons
> > > explained a few days ago. I was thinking of waiting with a 2.4-stable
> > > branch until after that release is tagged.
>
> A 2.4 ("stable") branch has now been created. That means
>
> * Subsequent 2.4.x releases will be made from that 2.4 branch instead of
> trunk
>
> * trunk is now "experimental" again, meaning developers are encouraged to
> add new features even though this might cause random crashes and similar
> bad things
>
> * trunk will very soon raise the requirements of our dependency libraries,
> compared to the 2.4 branch (meaning old systems won't be able to build
> trunk anymore even though they might still be able to build 2.4)
>
> * Translations will be done on the 2.4 branch, not on trunk anymore (i.e.
> the trunk version won't be fully translated)
>
> * Patches from trunk that are useful on the 2.4 branch need to be cherry-
> picked onto that branch and vice versa (we might need to find a good
> process for that step as well)
>
> * Eventually, we will have unstable 2.5.x releases from current trunk,
> leading to the next 2.6.0 stable releases, at which point the 2.4 branch
> will remain unused and unchanged.
>
> Everyone, feel free to add your experimental code into trunk again! Welcome
> all new features :-)
>
> Comments? Questions?
>
> Regards,
>
> Christian
Yay !
I'm a bit busy right now, but later this week I'll push some of the
developments I have been working on (guile 1.8, gnome-druid replacement,...).
Geert
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