I've taken some aspirine, so my headache is better now ;)
regards,
Martin
On 2/17/06, Manfred Geiler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The current release policy causes headache for Martin and confusion for me.
> ;-)
>
> Just looked at the tomahawk 1.1.2 branch. It depends on commons
> 1.1.3-SNAPSHOT.
> Shouldn't the tomahawk freeze depend on commons 1.1.2 instead?!
>
> The longer I think about it, the more I'm really sure that the only
> correct way to do MyFaces releases in the future is to freeze (ie.
> create a branch for) all modules at the same time. Otherwise we will
> always run into huge problems.
> The upcoming core and tomahawk will depend on and must be compatible
> to commons-1.1.2. Every current modification in core or tomahawk that
> depends on commons-1.1.3-SNAPSHOT and is done in the trunk now, will
> break this compatibility if we do the branch later.
>
> This way we could also simplify all commons dependencies by using
> <dependency>
> <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.commons</groupId>
> <artifactId>myfaces-commons</artifactId>
> <version>${version}</version>
> </dependency>
> instead of
> <dependency>
> <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.commons</groupId>
> <artifactId>myfaces-commons</artifactId>
> <version>1.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
> </dependency>
>
> This way the release would become slightly simpler as well. These are
> the necessary steps as I see them. Comments and corrections welcome!
>
> 1. Code freeze:
> 1a. Create commons 1_1_2 branch (*)
> 1b. Create core 1_1_2 branch
> 1c. Create tomahawk 1_1_2 branch (*)
> 2. Replace 1.1.2-SNAPSHOT by 1.1.2 in all three branches
> -->Everyone is now able to install a complete 1.1.2 release in his/her
> local repository by using the 1_1_2 branches
> 3. Replace 1.1.2-SNAPSHOT by 1.1.3-SNAPSHOT everywhere in trunk (*)
> -->Development can go on without danger for current release process
> 4a. Fix citical bugs in commons branch if necessary (*)
> 4b. Vote for and release commons 1.1.2 (*)
> 5a. Fix citical bugs in core branch if necessary
> 5b. Vote for and release core 1.1.2
> 6a. Fix citical bugs in tomahawk branch if necessary
> 6b. Vote for and release tomahawk 1.1.2
>
> (*) = already done
> Order of steps 5 and 6 does not matter.
>
> Sean, what do you think?
>
> Manfred
>
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