Hi Simon, I am happy take up the responsibility as a release manager for 1.4, also happy to help Luciano if he likes to take up the responsibility and take this forward.
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Simon Laws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Ramkumar R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I have been constantly working on the 1.x branch and noticed that changes >> have been going into 1.x branch apart from the JIRA's that I raised for >> clean-up. >> >> Agree with Simon, if we don't need 1.4 branch then the work on 1.x need to >> stop at some point of time for the release to happen. >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Simon Laws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:02 AM, ant elder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Simon Laws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:47 PM, Luciano Resende <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Looks like the 1.4 branch was already created [1], so I'm just trying >>>>>> to avoid having to use it and continue working on 1.x branch. >>>>>> >>>>>> [1] https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tuscany/branches/sca-java-1.4/ >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Raymond Feng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> > +1 to use 1.x branch for 1.x releases. I don't see a need to create >>>>>> 1.4 >>>>>> > branch. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Thanks, >>>>>> > Raymond >>>>>> > >>>>>> > -------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> > From: "Luciano Resende" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 11:19 AM >>>>>> > To: <[email protected]> >>>>>> > Subject: 1.x branch versus 1.4 branch >>>>>> > >>>>>> >> I think we have successfully used the 1.x branch to stabilize the >>>>>> code >>>>>> >> and prepare for the 1.4 release. >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> Are we seeing any changes in the 1.x branch that might cause it to >>>>>> >> become unstable that would justify having a 1.4 branch ? Or is >>>>>> there >>>>>> >> any changes that will go to 1.4 branch that should not go to trunk >>>>>> ? I >>>>>> >> know we have been creating release branches in the past, but the >>>>>> trunk >>>>>> >> used to be a very active development stream and usually with >>>>>> >> disruptive changes, but now that we have the 1.x branch as a more >>>>>> >> stable branch, do you guys think that we could try cutting the 1.4 >>>>>> >> release direct from the 1.x branch, and avoid merges back and >>>>>> forth >>>>>> >> from these branches, and I believe it would make the release >>>>>> process >>>>>> >> simpler ? >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> Thoughts ? >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> -- >>>>>> >> Luciano Resende >>>>>> >> Apache Tuscany, Apache PhotArk >>>>>> >> http://people.apache.org/~lresende<http://people.apache.org/%7Elresende> >>>>>> >> http://lresende.blogspot.com/ >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Luciano Resende >>>>>> Apache Tuscany, Apache PhotArk >>>>>> http://people.apache.org/~lresende<http://people.apache.org/%7Elresende> >>>>>> http://lresende.blogspot.com/ >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I think this would work if we stop changes on 1.x, concentrate on >>>>> getting the release out before resuming changes on 1.x. Everyone willing >>>>> to >>>>> get involved in getting the release out quickly? >>>>> >>>>> Simon >>>>> >>>> >>>> I think we need to keep both the 1.4 and 1.x branches for now sorry. One >>>> reason is we've quite a lot of work happening with the Tuscany Geronimo >>>> integration right now and we will need to do changes in the Tuscany code to >>>> support that. This is based on 1.x and it will be some time before 2.0 is >>>> ready enough to move to that. I think its also quite likely we'll need a >>>> 1.4.1 especially since its been so long since we've done a 1.x trunk >>>> release >>>> so need a stable place for that to happen while still allowing other 1.x >>>> changes to continue. >>>> >>>> I don't think this will be onerous, its not much work merging changes >>>> from 1.4 to 1.x, if anyone does find it too hard just say and i'll help, >>>> and >>>> we can revisit if we need to keep this once the Geronimo and 2.0 work are >>>> more complete. >>>> >>>> ...ant >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> hmm, I actually don't don't have a particularly strong opinion one way or >>> the other. If you think that 1.4.1 is a possiblity then we should stick with >>> the release branch. b.t.w who's release manager on this. >>> >>> Simon >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks & Regards, >> Ramkumar Ramalingam >> > > Ram are you going to be the release manger for 1.4. Looking back through > the various threads I see that Luciano offered at one stage. You have been > doing most of the work to date. Did you two reach some agreement on who was > taking the helm? > > Simon > -- Thanks & Regards, Ramkumar Ramalingam
