On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 11:19:50AM +0200, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > Dov Feldstern wrote: > > We create the 1.5.x branch *now*, but don't release yet. > > That depends on how Juergen will manage the "stable" series. I personally > would like that we continue trunk development on the 1.5 series instead of > opening a new 1.5.x branch. I would like to propose that we alternate > between bug-fixing release and feature release. Something like this: > > 1.5.0: released at T0 > 1.5.1: T1=T0+1month, bug fixes only, small patches (<100 lines?) > 1.5.2: T2=T1+2/3month, feature release, big patch and cleanup allowed > 1.5.3: T3=T2+1month, bug fixes only, small patches (<100 lines?) > etc. > > Of course, no format change will be allowed in the 1.5.x series. > > During this time the XML branch continues to be developed and, when more or > less finished, it becomes the new development branch (or we merge it to > trunk). > > My rationale is that we have to be realistic with the XML change: not > everybody will contribute. If we switch trunk to XML immediately non > interested developers will get stalled because of the transition. > The added benefit will be that a lot of long standing bug can and will be > fixed in the "stable" branch. > > If nobody agrees with me then I agree with Dov that we should branch 1.5.x > now.
>From what I see on the list I think we do need an RC3 still. - Martin
