From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: dana <dana@dana.is>
Cc: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@zsh.org>
Subject: Branching (was Re: We should get 5.9** out soon)
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2022 10:04:22 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAH+w=7a7qPFMdRppNuRqkAi8-DegNu5-jf3pyPpUF4wn36ERaA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bc8a9d2f-013e-4874-8a40-820876df2ac0@www.fastmail.com>
On Sat, Apr 2, 2022 at 3:47 PM dana <dana@dana.is> wrote:
>
> PS: There has been some discussion in the past about changing the release
> process so that instead of going directly off master we e.g. make a 5.9
> branch as the 'cycle' is winding down and release off that.
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.
That was not much of a problem when we had only about three people in
that set, but as we've opened it to a larger number of trusted
individuals it takes more effort.
Aside from just proceeding as we have been (which is fine for 5.9), an
alternate plan would be to have a development branch and only merge
it back to the main branch at release time. That would avoid creating
several possibly-active branches.
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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-04-03 17:05 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 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
2022-04-03 19:34 ` Branching (was Re: We should get 5.9** out soon) dana
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