Hi Rohit, Thanks for the proposal. I do not agree to the third point that RM should keep merging to master. We could do that at the end of the release with a single merge.
That said, its definitely better than what we currently do and hence a +1 from me. On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I think the following can solve the cherry-picking problem but it needs > everyone’s support to work: > > - Once a release branch is cut out, all the committers and contributors > “should” only work on the release branch. It can be discussed if we want to > work on it directly or branch out on it and work in that branch and have > RMs to merge that branch on the release branch. IMO if we work directly on > the release branch we potentially reduce a lot of RM’s work. > > - Only (new) feature development and related enhancements/bugfixes can > land on master directly or merged from their respective branches. > > - The RMs or anyone would keep merging the release branch with fast > forward only on regular basis: > git checkout master > git merge --ff <release-branch> > <fix any conflicts and git commit -as etc.> > > This way ‘master' gets all the good stuff from release branch and the > release branch gets “more attention”. > > If we somehow can reduce the release cycle timeline/length, the divergence > between master and release branches can be potentially less causing less > conflicts/issues when following the above. > > Thoughts, flames? > > Regards. > > Regards, > Rohit Yadav > Software Architect, ShapeBlue > M. +41 779015219 | rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com > Blog: bhaisaab.org | Twitter: @_bhaisaab > > > > Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related services > > IaaS Cloud Design & Build< > http://shapeblue.com/iaas-cloud-design-and-build//> > CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment framework<http://shapeblue.com/csforge/> > CloudStack Consulting<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-consultancy/> > CloudStack Infrastructure Support< > http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/> > CloudStack Bootcamp Training Courses< > http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> > > This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended > solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or > opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the > intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based > upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender > if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a > company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is a > company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape Blue > Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil > and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue SA Pty Ltd is > a company registered by The Republic of South Africa and is traded under > license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark. > -- ~Rajani
