Hi, if N is that low, we can also just freeze trunk for that time. Or are there good reasons to not do this?
Best regards, Z. On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Gabor Szabo <szab...@gmail.com> wrote: > As we discussed on IRC we would like to improve the quality of Padre > and the stability of the releases. So we thought to change the release > process slightly to allow for us to check the release candidate and fix > show stoppers. > This will also provide extra time for the translators to catch up with the > strings for the releases. > This will also provide time for the release manage to write the release > notes. > > If agreed then this would be the process > > PROPOSAL !!!! (based on http://padre.perlide.org/trac/wiki/Release ) > ================================================= > > > 1) Release manager > updates messages,pot, > tidies up code, > closes Changes file > 2) creates a branch for the release > 3) On trunk > Version number is increased by 0.02 > Changes file opened > > The branch is frozen for N (currently =3) days except for > - translator updates to .po files. > - fixing show stopper bugs in the code > > Translations > ========== > The translators will have to make sure they commit their changes to the > branch only and they don't touch the .po files on trunk to make > the merge easy. > > Show stoppers > ============ > Everyone is encouraged to use Padre from the release branch to find > critical issues. If a critical issue is found we open ticket, discuss on the > channel and/or on the mailing list and decide if and how to fix it. > > The fix is then committed to both the branch and the trunk. > > Release Notes > ============ > They can be written during the freeze period. > > > After the release period ends the Release Manager will release Padre > from the branch. > Once it is released the directory of the .po files is merged from the branch > back to trunk. > The branch can be then deleted (as there is a copy in tags/). > > > regards > Gabor > _______________________________________________ > Padre-dev mailing list > Padre-dev@perlide.org > http://mail.perlide.org/mailman/listinfo/padre-dev > -- MyMediaLite Recommender System Library: http://ismll.de/mymedialite _______________________________________________ Padre-dev mailing list Padre-dev@perlide.org http://mail.perlide.org/mailman/listinfo/padre-dev
