Thanks! That's exactly the info I needed. -Kurt
On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 12:21 PM Even Rouault <[email protected]> wrote: > Kurt, > > you pretty much figure it out yourself. This is *only* an artifact to > workaround some RtD behavior about how the "stable" branch at > https://gdal.org/en/stable/ is kept in sync with the latest git > release/3.13 branch (we might have missed something, or that might be an > issue that has been solved). There might a delay of few hours between a > git commit and the corresponding run of the github CI job that does the > resync, depending on the intensity of the activity in the OSGeo/GDAL > repo, so the 2 hours delay you've noted seems OK to me > > We haven't advertized the use of this branch for builds of the software > itself > > Even > > Le 25/06/2026 à 20:56, Kurt Schwehr via gdal-dev a écrit : > > Hi all, > > > > I'm being asked the meaning of > > https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/tree/stable and realized I don't really > > know what that branch is all about. I'm likely just missing some > > documentation or discussion, so I apologize in advance. > > > > I see in HOWTO-RELEASE, there is mention of `STABLE_BRANCH`. Is this > > related? > > > > > https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/blob/6a231dc29bfeb734227f7e646fe7c41b59e3167d/HOWTO-RELEASE#L105-L121 > > > > It points to > > https://github.com/OSGeo/GDAL/settings/variables/actions/STABLE_BRANCH, > > and it looks like git commits are from the current "STABLE_BRANCH" > > (e.g., 3.13) are also pushed onto a "stable" branch: > > > > > https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/blob/6a231dc29bfeb734227f7e646fe7c41b59e3167d/.github/workflows/auto_tag_stable.yml#L49-L50 > > > > There is a comment about a unique SHA so that ReadTheDocs gets run. It > > looks that this is so that the "stable" Read the Docs link always has > > the most recent text on the most current release branch whereas the > > release/X.Y will be only updated when a release happens? That doesn't > > seem right as right now stable is 4 hours ago and release/3/13 is 6 > > hours ago: https://app.readthedocs.org/projects/gdal/ e.g. for these: > > > > https://gdal.org/en/latest/ > > https://gdal.org/en/stable/ > > https://gdal.org/en/release-3.13/ > > > > Do I have any of that correct and what is the semantic meaning of the > > "stable" branch that users should read into it? > > > > Thanks! > > -Kurt > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gdal-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev > > -- > http://www.spatialys.com > My software is free, but my time generally not. > LLMs contribute to global warming and brain rot > >
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