Re: [DISCUSS] Making a stable release from branch 2

2016-11-29 Thread Sergey Shelukhin
Hmm, I guess it makes sense if we interleave custom and master-based releases. It may just create pain when backporting esp. given the branches that do not share history. Also, after a master release all the subsequent custom releases (other than dot releases in the previous custom releases) must b

Re: [DISCUSS] Making a stable release from branch 2

2016-11-29 Thread Alan Gates
I’m not sure what would be confusing about the numbering. Assumably the next feature bearing release will be 2.2. The next one after that 2.3. We should make a rule that patches in version x don’t go away in x+1. With that I don’t see any confusion. I agree we shouldn’t turn master into a d

Re: [DISCUSS] Making a stable release from branch 2

2016-11-29 Thread Sergey Shelukhin
We need to figure out the versioning strategy for this that is not hopelessly confusing. Also, having too many fixes in master as described is a different problem, of not releasing off master often enough. What is to be done with master in this model? On 16/11/29, 12:37, "Sergio Pena" wrote: >Go

Re: [DISCUSS] Making a stable release from branch 2

2016-11-29 Thread Sergio Pena
Good, thanks Owen for volunteering. I see we have too many bugfixes, features, and improvements on the master branch. A few questions: - How or what would be the process for cherry picking those fixes? How will you detect which ones are stable and which not? - What if others contributors want s

[DISCUSS] Making a stable release from branch 2

2016-11-29 Thread Owen O'Malley
Hi all, I'd like to volunteer as a Release Manager for making a stable feature release from branch 2. However, rather than starting with master, I'll use the 2.1 release and cherry pick fixes and features with a focus on a stable release and picking features that have been tested at scale. Testi