Andrea Aime wrote: > Justin Deoliveira ha scritto: >> Hi all, >> >> I wanted to send a quick email to just make sure everyone is on the same >> page with regard to branch maintenance. A the moment we have 3 branches: >> >> 1.7.x >> 2.0.x >> trunk >> >> It seems that 1.7.x is close to going into unmaintained mode? Or perhaps >> just fix super critical show stopper mode? Or are we intend to continue >> to maintain the branch? >> >> As for 2.0.x. i just want to remind/confirm our policy is still that any >> bug fixes and "stable improvements" that go into trunk also go into >> 2.0.x? Looking over the commit logs I have seen a recent commit to trunk >> without a corresponding commit to 2.0.x. So just wanted to clarify. > > I think that 1.7.x will be abandoned as a result of people working > already on the 2.0.x and 1.7.x branches, and the fact that > working over 3 branches is just painful. > > So I guess that there won't be any more work on 1.7.x besides work > that has specific funding going into that direction (at least, this > is what is going to happen for me ;-) ) > > Cheers > Andrea >
Unless some big issues or funding happen in the 1.7.x world, the only reason I could see for the last release is to publicise it loudly as "The Last Release" of that branch. I think six months from now sounds reasonable; we should have enough 2.0.x's out by then to convince the laggers. -- Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list Geoserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
