2006/1/6, John Sisson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I agree we don't want too many branches.
Hi John, Well, we should get used to them ;) Especially when Java EE 5 work takes off. I think there will be more refactorings than ever before. It's going to be lots of fun (sarcasm). > Will fixes for the 1.0.1 release (hopefully we can get out in a few > weeks) be committed to the 1.0 branch and then we create another tag for > the 1.0.1 release? I'm not too familiar with svn branching/tagging stuff, but AFAIK they're just copies of the HEAD. If so, only the disk space limits us (which is not the case yet). So, if a need to fix something shows up, we will likely have to apply it to HEAD and branch, be it 1.0.1 or 1.1 depending on its value/importance. > Do we have any guesstimates on when we would have JEE 5 development > completed? I'm pretty sure we don't. Why would that be beneficial? > How long it will be before we can deliver a release with some > innovations in it, since we previously agreed we want to release > frequently? I think we should stick with the 3-months period for small releases (like 1.0.1) and 6-months period for larger ones (like 1.1) or even the most important (like 2.0, 3.0). That could be our goal, and the time will show how we go ;) > If this is going to be a while then we should discuss the work that is > planned for the near future and whether there are enhancements that can > be delivered in a releases before JEE 5, and if so, how that could be > managed. Well, we don't have to wait till JEE 5 development is announced. You/anybody can start his/their work on a branch and merge it with the HEAD when completed. Of course, the more talk about it the better. That's my understanding of how it could (ought to?) work. > Could some of the planned enhancements impact the stability of head > development and therefore should be done in a branch? E.G. would we have > stability problems doing JEE 5 development, re-arch of security, maven 1 > to maven 2 migration, xbean support, corba impl etc. all in head? Yes, after having it completed and heavily tested on a branch. The views are indeed mine and I would appreciate any comments on it > John Jacek
