Any idea, when it would be safe to create the branch? Am 5. März 2012 18:22 schrieb Fabian Christ <[email protected]>: > Yes, I would create a release tag on the branch. > > Am 5. März 2012 17:36 schrieb Alessandro Adamou <[email protected]>: >> We're still gonna get a svn tag for the release anyhow, right? >> >> >> >> On 3/5/12 5:29 PM, Rupert Westenthaler wrote: >>> >>> On 05.03.2012, at 15:26, Fabian Christ wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I would like to create a release candidate for a first source release >>>> of Stanbol. >>>> >>>> As some components can not be released because they are not stable or >>>> have some license issues, I am thinking about creating a branch and >>>> doing the release from that branch. Otherwise we have to remove every >>>> component that is not releasable for any reason from the default build >>>> process. >>>> >>> A release branch sounds reasonable to me. >>> >>>> Either we keep the trunk releasable and move everything else into >>>> another Maven profile or we have to work with branches to make >>>> required changes and remove stuff that should not be released. >>>> >>> I would rather like to "remove" some existing Maven profiles as they >>> create some duplications (e.g. compare the pom.xml of the enhancer >>> and the stanbol reactor pom.xml). >>> >>>> Another problem: For a release all components need to get fixed >>>> versions (without SNAPSHOT). For a big source release we can not use >>>> the Maven release plugin for this. I have to set the versions by hand. >>>> If we do a release from trunk, we need something like a code freeze. >>>> By releasing from a branch people could keep working on the trunk. >>>> >>>> What should we do? >>> >>> +1 for branch because I do not like the alternatives. >>> >>>> Best, >>>> - Fabian >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Fabian >>>> http://twitter.com/fctwitt >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> M.Sc. Alessandro Adamou >> >> Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna >> Department of Computer Science >> Mura Anteo Zamboni 7, 40127 Bologna - Italy >> >> Semantic Technology Laboratory (STLab) >> Institute for Cognitive Science and Technology (ISTC) >> National Research Council (CNR) >> Via Nomentana 56, 00161 Rome - Italy >> >> >> "As for the charges against me, I am unconcerned. I am beyond their timid, >> lying morality, and so I am beyond caring." >> (Col. Walter E. Kurtz) >> >> Not sent from my iSnobTechDevice >> > > > > -- > Fabian > http://twitter.com/fctwitt
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