Two questions, I have a active pull request against 3.x, should I recreate it against master?
Secondly, will you create a 4.0.x branch for backwards incompatible changes? On Oct 4, 2012 6:59 PM, "Jeff McCune" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- 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.
