From: dana <dana@dana.is>
To: "Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
Cc: "Zsh hackers list" <zsh-workers@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: Branching (was Re: We should get 5.9** out soon)
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2022 14:34:11 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6a3e3908-d017-443b-be9b-e78840dc2265@www.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH+w=7a7qPFMdRppNuRqkAi8-DegNu5-jf3pyPpUF4wn36ERaA@mail.gmail.com>
On Sun 3 Apr 2022, at 12:04, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> The benefit of a separate release branch is that we don't have to
> coordinate a code freeze among the full group with "git push" access.
> ...
> On the other hand, if we want to introduce "long-term support" for
> major version numbers, having a branch to which events like the 5.8 ->
> 5.8.1 security release could be pushed would be the way to go.
Yes, these were the two situations i was thinking of that could benefit
from having separate branches. Branching off at release-freeze time and
then back-porting any necessary additions from master is the method i
have experience with, but maybe some people on the team would be annoyed
by the extra steps
dana
prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-04-03 19:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-30 16:51 We should get 5.9** out soon Bart Schaefer
2022-03-31 0:34 ` dana
2022-03-31 0:48 ` Bart Schaefer
2022-03-31 10:23 ` Peter Stephenson
2022-03-31 10:47 ` Daniel Shahaf
2022-03-31 10:54 ` Axel Beckert
2022-03-31 11:05 ` Peter Stephenson
2022-03-31 23:31 ` Daniel Shahaf
2022-04-02 22:42 ` dana
2022-04-03 16:07 ` Peter Stephenson
2022-04-03 16:39 ` Bart Schaefer
2022-04-03 17:04 ` Branching (was Re: We should get 5.9** out soon) Bart Schaefer
2022-04-03 19:34 ` dana [this message]
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