On 07-Aug-2014, at 11:23 am, Rajani Karuturi <raj...@apache.org> wrote:
> 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. By landing changes from release to master, we get continuous supply of bugfixes etc. to master since master will need them as well. And we do that at the time of release as well. >From technical view, there is nothing wrong in landing changes from stable >branches to master and feature branches continuously. > That said, its definitely better than what we currently do and hence a +1 > from me. This is not a voting thread yet but thanks for your comments. Cheers. > > > > 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. 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