There is a separate branch and the only back ports after the stable release will be critical bugs. As of my recent announcement, there should be some happy admins.
On 9/12/2015 6:36 PM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote: > I had the impression that it would be a separate branch and that a number > of people would back-port any necessary patches but no new features may > be introduced. I think that arrangement would keep your generic package > maintainers and sysadmins happy; we've had so many complaints from > people about the product branch despite its stability and usability and > many admins have said they don't care about new features and would only > like to be able to tell their bosses that the upstream people have tagged > the branch as a release. > > - Cirilo > > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 5:37 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com > <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I created the new series on Lauchpad a few hours ago. I still have to > decide whether to link it to the product branch or make it a separate > source branch. I'm still trying to wrap my head around it as well as > get these last few dialog fixes committed. > > On 9/12/2015 3:33 PM, Jon Neal wrote: > > So I don't think it is Friday in any part of the world anymore. > > > > Any update on the branch? :) > > > > Jon > > > > On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.n...@gmail.com > <mailto:oe.n...@gmail.com> > > <mailto:oe.n...@gmail.com <mailto:oe.n...@gmail.com>>> wrote: > > > > For your (and others) information, in the current moment of writing > > this email, there are no more critical or high bugs on the tracker. > > > > 2015-09-08 21:34 GMT+02:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com > <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com> > > <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>>>: > > > I think the current situation is as good as we can hope for as > far as > > > blockers for rc1. I'm going to try to create a new version 4 > stable > > > release series on Launchpad Friday if no new show stoppers crop > up. > > > Periodically I will merge any bug fixes from the product branch > > into the > > > 4 stable series branch and increment the rc number. If we manage > to go > > > a few weeks with no new crash or data loss bugs, I will tag it a > > stable > > > release. > > > > > > On 9/8/2015 3:02 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote: > > >> Wayne, was it your intention to include the incomplete bugs in > the > > >> blockers for rc1? I mean, incomplete bugs are bugs that have a > > >> potential to be revived, but where the developers are not really > > >> supposed to spend more time on them until some feedback are > given. > > >> > > >> I personally don't think they should be included in that list, > > even if > > >> critical or high or not. > > >> > > >> 2015-09-06 22:11 GMT+02:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com > <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com> > > <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>>>: > > >>> This is a reminder to *all* developers, please do not send any > > patches > > >>> or merge requests unless it is specifically to fix an existing > bug > > >>> report. Also, please don't bother fixing the build scripts or > any of > > >>> the CMake dependency library build code as they will be removed > > during > > >>> the next development cycle. My preference is that we focus on > the > > >>> critical bug reports that are keeping me from creating an rc1 > > branch. > > >>> They can be found here: > > >>> > > >>> > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bugs?field.searchtext=&orderby=-importance&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.importance%3Alist=CRITICAL&field.importance%3Alist=HIGH&assignee_option=any&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.bug_commenter=&field.subscriber=&field.structural_subscriber=&field.tag=&field.tags_combinator=ANY&field.has_cve.used=&field.omit_dupes.used=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.affects_me.used=&field.has_patch.used=&field.has_branches.used=&field.has_branches=on&field.has_no_branches.used=&field.has_no_branches=on&field.has_blueprints.used=&field.has_blueprints=on&field.has_no_blueprints.used=&field.has_no_blueprints=on > > >>> > > >>> This list needs to get to zero before I'm willing to create any > > rc1 branch. > > >>> > > >>> Thank you for your cooperation. > > >>> > > >>> Cheers, > > >>> > > >>> Wayne > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net>> > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
