Ciao Andrea, sounds like a nice suggestion. However, it is not clear to me if you want to make a branch for each RC or just a single branch for both GS and GT. If the second applies, how do we track the various RC versions? By Svn version?
SImone. On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Andrea Aime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > the 1.7.x freeze is taking a toll on developers so I would like > to discuss escape routes. At the moment David already rolled an > extra branch for KML changes, and if I have to provide builds to > Seb with wfsv fixes, I'll probably have to do the same. > > Similar issues are starting to happen in gt2 2.5.x branch. > > I was wondering if we could change the way we do things so that > developers are not stuck. > Once a GeoServer release reaches RC status, very few changes > need to go in, only critical bugs. Same goes for the corresponding > gt2 branch. > > So what about creating a special branch for the release, and leaving > the stable branch free for hacking? That is, we create a 1.7.0rc > branch, and a 2.5.1rc branch, and there we commit only the few > changes that correspond to critical status. Once we decide to release > GS 1.7.0 final and GT 2.5.1 final, the branches do close. > Since the changes are supposed to be very few, the overhead of > doing so should not be high, and should be very well compensated > by the extra flexibility the other developers gain. > > Thoughts? > Cheers > Andrea > > -- > Andrea Aime > OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org > Expert service straight from the developers. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel > -- ------------------------------------------------------- Eng. Simone Giannecchini GeoSolutions S.A.S. Owner - Software Engineer Via Carignoni 51 55041 Camaiore (LU) Italy phone: +39 0584983027 fax: +39 0584983027 mob: +39 333 8128928 http://www.geo-solutions.it http://www.geo-solutions.it/simone.giannecchini http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonegiannecchini ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
