On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 5:20 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'd like us to be able to push out a new release with minimal changes >> at any given time. If we have, for example, 1.6 as the target, and the >> previous >> release had 1.5 as the target, then we'd loose that ability, IMO. >> (Think security releases.We've had quite a few in the past.) > > Understood, but I'm not sure why you feel the lack of a 1.6 release > would prevent a security release. > Surely we could just apply the fixes to the previously released code > and change to 1.6 at the same time?
Because the result clearly be binary incompatible to its predecessor, and that's the whole point of such an emergency release. We'd want a drop-in replacement. Jochen -- The next time you hear: "Don't reinvent the wheel!" http://www.keystonedevelopment.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/evolution-of-the-wheel-300x85.jpg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
