Repository : ssh://darcs.haskell.org//srv/darcs/packages/hoopl On branch : master
http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/a520508d8a02c80e0633aab0739a80301d486eef >--------------------------------------------------------------- commit a520508d8a02c80e0633aab0739a80301d486eef Author: Norman Ramsey <[email protected]> Date: Wed May 9 15:58:28 2012 -0400 instructions for working on hoopl without breaking GHC >--------------------------------------------------------------- HOWTO-BRANCHES | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/HOWTO-BRANCHES b/HOWTO-BRANCHES new file mode 100644 index 0000000..932b50b --- /dev/null +++ b/HOWTO-BRANCHES @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Here's how to work on Hoopl without breaking GHC. + + - Hoopl maintainers should work on the branch "develop", where they + need not validate changes against GHC. + + - GHC uses the 'master' branch, and makes changes there from time to + time as necessary to keep GHC working + + - GHC central merges master with develop occasionally (e.g. before a + new GHC stable branch is created). + + - Intermediate releases can be made from develop, although we have + to ensure that each GHC release ships with a released version of + the library. (As of May 2012, Ian Lynagh coordinates with the + package maintainers to make this happen.) _______________________________________________ Cvs-libraries mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-libraries
