Hi Simon, > I thought "important" (whatever that means) changes are backported to > supported stable branch continously?
No, the set of backported changes are not describable by the term "important". Rather, it's explained in the manual [1]. And no, it's not "continuous" in the sense that a fix that is applied on master is immediately applied to the stable branch as well. Rather, I like to wait until the fixes-of-the-fix and the fixes-of-the-fixes-of-the-fix have arrived in master, and squash these into a single commit. > > The next update of the stable branches is due on 2026-02-15. > > Is that something that ought to be mentioned in doc/gnulib-readme.texi > 'Stable Branches'? Why would it be useful? The way a stable branch is managed is at the discretion of the developer who does it. > My concern is if there are any implications for the gnulib git bundle > export. Which is sporadic but the idea is roughly twice each year to > match when the stable branches are created. I don't see any relation between the git bundles (which are meant to be snapshots of the master branch, right?) and the stable branches. Bruno [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/Stable-Branches.html
