Re: [Axis2] Creation of the 1.6 branch

2010-09-27 Thread Sagara Gunathunga
Hi, These days I'm in a client site and really busy with my daytime job and I don't think I can release Woden myself until mid December , It would be great if any one else willing to be a RM for Woden this time. Since last few months Woden code base is stable and ready for next release, I was st

Re: [Axis2] Creation of the 1.6 branch

2010-09-27 Thread Amila Suriarachchi
hi, I think the actual blocker for Axis2 1.6 release is woden release. We need to find a way to have the woden release. thanks, Amila. On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Andreas Veithen wrote: > I'm expecting that the proponents of the last minute approach are not > simply sitting in the peanut g

Re: [Axis2] Creation of the 1.6 branch

2010-09-27 Thread Andreas Veithen
I'm expecting that the proponents of the last minute approach are not simply sitting in the peanut gallery, but that one of them is ready to step forward as a volunteer to do the release using this approach... Andreas On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:25, Samisa Abeysinghe wrote: > +1 for creating the

Re: [Axis2] Creation of the 1.6 branch

2010-09-27 Thread Samisa Abeysinghe
+1 for creating the branch at the last minute. On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 2:50 AM, Deepal jayasinghe wrote: > I agree with Glen. We should only cut the new branch when we are > absolutely sure about the release date. > > Deepal > > Hmm. I guess I'm not entirely convinced that we should cut the br

Re: [Axis2] Creation of the 1.6 branch

2010-09-27 Thread Andreas Veithen
Glen, I think your point of view is based on a wrong assumption about the "extra work" caused by branching earlier in the release process. Assume that we create the branch today and that people just continue committing to the trunk without taking into account the existence of the 1.6 branch. If af

Re: [Axis2] Creation of the 1.6 branch

2010-09-26 Thread Glen Daniels
Hi Andreas, On 9/26/2010 5:10 PM, Andreas Veithen wrote: > First, these guidelines were written at a time when Subversion didn't > have an effective mechanism to track merges. Second, there is also a The guidelines were written simply to avoid extra work and therefore the possibility of skew. >

Re: [Axis2] Creation of the 1.6 branch

2010-09-26 Thread Deepal jayasinghe
I agree with Glen. We should only cut the new branch when we are absolutely sure about the release date. Deepal > Hmm. I guess I'm not entirely convinced that we should cut the branch yet. > Our general release guidelines [1] are to hold off branching until we're just > about ready to release

Re: [Axis2] Creation of the 1.6 branch

2010-09-26 Thread Andreas Veithen
First, these guidelines were written at a time when Subversion didn't have an effective mechanism to track merges. Second, there is also a guideline that says that the trunk should "be pointing at SNAPSHOT versions of all dependencies. This allows for continuous integration with our partner project

Re: [Axis2] Creation of the 1.6 branch

2010-09-26 Thread Glen Daniels
Hmm. I guess I'm not entirely convinced that we should cut the branch yet. Our general release guidelines [1] are to hold off branching until we're just about ready to release, to avoid unnecessary merging. Why not just keep working on the trunk for now, at least until we resolve some of the i

[Axis2] Creation of the 1.6 branch

2010-09-26 Thread Andreas Veithen
All, I'm going to create a branch for the 1.6 release (with the current HEAD of the trunk as the baseline). The first goal will be to determine if we need any releases from upstream projects. I'm aware that there are still ongoing discussions about what should and what should not go into the 1.6 r