Geert Stappers wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 10:15:06PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > Thiemo Seufer wrote: > > > This can never work. It would effectively mean to stop further development > > > of d-i over the lifetime of sarge, since there has to be a "critical fixes > > > only" source tree for the stable release. > > > > > > I strongly recommend to create a "sarge" branch. This leaves HEAD unimpeded > > > and allows stricter control over the release branch. Otherwise you'll have > > > to scare off your co-developers all the time from doing what they like > > > most: Implementing shiny new features. > > > > Shiny features can go in a shiney features branch. There is no need at > > all for that branch to be HEAD. Anyway, the freeze is only here to > > prevent changes to core components that can break everything else. > > Using a branch for freeze and HEAD for HEAD, sounds very reasonable to me. > I even like "sarge" as a name for the branch. > > Is the build system aware of a branch? > Or is the probleem that the build scripts all use HEAD?
It's surely not a problem to append an "-r sarge" option to the "cvs co" command. :-) Thiemo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
