Dear all, As part of the lead-up to the 1.8.0 release, the openafs-stable-1_8_x branch has been created in Gerrit. Changes specific to 1.8.x can be submitted directly against refs/for/openafs-stable-1_8_x, but changes that are generally applicable should go through master and be cherry-picked as new commits targetting 1.8.x. In keeping with our historical policy, changes aiming to enter openafs-stable-1_6_x should first go to master, then get cherry-picked successively to openafs-stable-1_8_x and finally openafs-stable-1_6_x. Since the 1.8 branch is expected to remain mostly frozen until the final 1.8.0 release except for bugfixes and new OS support, the release team may be willing to grant exceptions on a case by case basis. However, as 1.8.x becomes the new stable release branch and 1.6.x transitions to the legacy release branch, it is expected that the pace of change on openafs-stable-1_6_x will reduce naturally as well.
The master branch will be gradually opening up for new development in the coming weeks, though we should generally try to avoid sweeping changes until after the 1.8.0 release is finalized, to facilitate propagating patches through master to openafs-stable-1_8_x. There is quite a backlog of changes reviwed "-2 not for 1.8", and it will take quite some time to go through them all again and consider them anew for inclusion in master -- please feel free to comment on particular changes if you think they should be prioritized or deprioritized for that process. Thanks to all who helped work towards resolving the issues raised with 1.8.0pre1, and here's to having a great 1.8.0 release! -Ben _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-devel mailing list OpenAFS-devel@openafs.org https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-devel
