That's just perfect, turn that into a proposal and You'll have my +1. Simone.
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Andrea Aime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Simone Giannecchini ha scritto: >> >> 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? > > I'd say we should have a single 1.7.0rc branch that gets cut > the moment we release rc1 and from which we release all the subsequent > RC up until we're satisfied, at that point we release the final > and kill the branch. Same goes for gt2. > Each time we release another RC we just tag the 1.7.0rc branch into > a 1.7.0-rcx tag. > > Cheers > Andrea > >> 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 >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Andrea Aime > OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org > Expert service straight from the developers. > -- ------------------------------------------------------- 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
