On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:03:06AM -0600, Peter Samuelson wrote: > > [Johan Compagner] > > and i dont know what it means if you guys say "branch 1.7" does that mean a > > release is created, or does it mean a branch is created and now 1.7 will > > first be tested and all the new features are tested and the bugs ironed out. > > "Branch" means the 1.7.x branch is forked off the subversion trunk. > Thus begins the process where only specific bugfixes are applied to > 1.7.x, until it passes enough tests and gets enough testing to roll out > release candidates. Which then sit for a few weeks waiting for more > bugs to be reported, and if nothing serious does happen in those weeks, > the candidate is turned into 1.7.0 gold. > > >From branch to 1.7.0 is probably at least a couple months. Possibly > longer. Depends on what shape trunk is in (especially the new working > copy format) at the time of branching.
I don't think we'll branch before wc-ng is deemed stable. Porting changes back and forth would be a nightmare otherwise. Stefan
