Re: Lets get branches names right this time (was: Re: Proposed release process/plans)

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On 13 Jun 2002, Bill Haneman wrote:

> On Thu, 2002-06-13 at 18:38, Chema Celorio wrote:
> > On Thu, 2002-06-13 at 12:27, Bill Haneman wrote:
> ... 
> > > The problem with this scheme is that 2-0-0 is "two branches removed"
> > > from HEAD, which is a significant problem in that important patches
> > > (i.e. for stoppers) have to be committed to three places, and ordinary
> > > bugfixes to two places (i.e. 2-0 and HEAD).  That's a bit burdensome...
> > > which is why I propose to hold new features until 2-0-1 branches, or
> > > else put them on their own branch.
> > 
> > Yes, the problem here is that each module is different. It is hard to
> > say to hold new features for all modules, they are in different
> > development cycles and stability (I'm thinking libgnomeprint).
> 
> OK;
> 
> Does anyone have an issue with me using gnome-2-0-0 for
> 2.0.0-release-only code, and continuing to use HEAD for 2.0.1 until it
> enters a "deeper" freeze?  That way at least the branch names for the
> actual release candidates match up.

That is what i do for Nautilus and Eel.
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