On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Christian Biesinger wrote: > On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 12:01:26AM +0200, Hubert Figuiere wrote: > > > > The problem is that last minutes modification always break the build. > > That way we are safe to release cleanly. > > Sorry, I don't see why that changes when putting each 1.0.x release on a > seperate branch?
Too often it's been like this: 1. Release is tagged. 2. Potentially unstable changes that have been held back waiting for the release are commited. 3. Someone discovers some bad bug in the release. 4. A retag is needed, but special care has to be taken so those changes made in 2 won't create other problems, needing yet another retag. If the release is branched instead of tagged, it won't be spoiled by 2. > -- > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." > -- Benjamin Franklin > -- Democracy is the working model of any form of mob rule. The fruit of democracy, if unchecked by respect for human rights, is gang violence. Always! -- http://www.unquietmind.com/mislaid_iv.html
