Hello, With the release of Puppet 3.0.0 [1] we'd like to delete the 3.x branch from the puppet repository in an effort to make contributions more intuitive and straightforward. We will keep the 2.7.x branch and continue to fix security-related bugs by merging fixes into this 2.7.x branch. New features and functionality, however, should continue to be based on the "master" branch.
This small change of deleting 3.x doesn't represent a change in our process. We'll still be doing feature releases and we're still definitely using semver guidelines (as best we can) in Puppet 3.0.0 and future releases. If you're a contributor to Puppet, or plan to contribute, please simply submit your pull request against the master branch and we'll take it from there. As we move forward in time, the most up to date information regarding our contribution process will be in our CONTRIBUTING document. [2] Finally, there is a slight change in how we intend to treat the 3.x releases. Our intention at Puppet Labs is to treat the minor version releases as "themed" feature releases. Eric Sorenson and the rest of the Puppet and Facter team will be working with the community and the issue database to come up with clusters or groups of issues that share a common theme. It's likely our first theme will be related to settings and the configuration of Puppet itself. Other examples of themes high on our candidate list are improving error messages, improving the static compiler, and improving the language. None of these themes have been decided yet, so if you have outstanding issues please consider taking a moment to let us know through the Redmine bug tracker: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet . Search for existing issues that might already describe your problem (google with ‘site:projects.puppetlabs.com’ + your search term). If you find one, vote it up and add a comment with the specifics of your environment; if not, file a new ticket providing as much relevant detail as you can. The 3.0.x branch will be exclusively for bug fixes against the 3.0 release. Once we release 3.1.0, we'll also establish the 3.1.x branch for bug fixes against that minor release. I hope this helps. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to let us know in #puppet-dev on irc.freenode.net. [1] http://goo.gl/KyjBn [2] http://goo.gl/ARbbi -Jeff -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev?hl=en.
