Hi Stephen I am sharing your feedback and thinks it would make a lot of sense. Many linux distros use something similar to deal with staging packages in their repo, e.g. Fedora with stable/branched/rawhide repos or Debian with stable/testing/unstable repos. With only one (master) branch, it is difficult for downstream projects to deal with both the new features to develop and needed migrations for the next release at the same time. An intermediate branch may allow a better synchronization with the upstream projects as long as ongoing evolution are made available through nexus.
Best Regards Guillaume -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Kitt Sent: mardi 29 janvier 2019 17:25 To: [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [OpenDaylight TSC] Stable branches etc. Hi, In last week’s TSC call we had a brief discussion around the use of branches. One issue that comes up regularly is what to use the various branches for, and it occurred to me that we might be missing a branch (groan). When we start the freeze, we cut stable branches, and since we’re trying to be ever more rigorous, those stable branches are only supposed to receive fixes for blocking bugs. What master is used for then is up to each project, but typically it ends up receiving patches for the next release cycle (Sodium now). What’s missing in this scenario is somewhere to queue patches for the next service release (Neon SR1), at least until the freeze is over and we thaw the stable branches. Of course each project can set such a branch up manually if they so wish, but I’m wondering if projects would be interested in this as a general approach. Thoughts? Regards, Stephen _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ce message et ses pieces jointes peuvent contenir des informations confidentielles ou privilegiees et ne doivent donc pas etre diffuses, exploites ou copies sans autorisation. Si vous avez recu ce message par erreur, veuillez le signaler a l'expediteur et le detruire ainsi que les pieces jointes. Les messages electroniques etant susceptibles d'alteration, Orange decline toute responsabilite si ce message a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. Merci. This message and its attachments may contain confidential or privileged information that may be protected by law; they should not be distributed, used or copied without authorisation. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this message and its attachments. As emails may be altered, Orange is not liable for messages that have been modified, changed or falsified. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.opendaylight.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
