+1, Very good idea. Thanks so much Sharan!

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On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Sharan Foga <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks for the response -Jacopo. (You posted a minute before I did!)
>
> Anyway I think that I might have an idea that could solve our problem –
> let's just leave 14.12 and 15.12 as unreleased branches.
>
> The jar issue is only an issue if we want to convert the unreleased
> branches into a release. Unreleased they can contain the jar files and the
> special purpose components etc – but if we want to release them then we
> need to fix the jar file problem before it can be released.
>
> Christian mentions that people are using the unreleased branches, so by
> leaving them unreleased, we are actually giving our users something that
> can help them move from 13.07.
>
> So I suggest that we seriously consider leaving 14.12 and 15.12 as
> unreleased branches.
>
> For the next point – I think our next release should be the 16.x – so that
> means that we are not backporting any changes and can take a branch
> directly from the trunk once the gradle changes have been applied.
>
> Comments anyone?
>
> Thanks
> Sharan
>
>
> On 2016-06-30 07:25 (+0200), Jacopo Cappellato <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Christian Geisert <
> > [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > ...
> > > My proposal is to release 14.12 ASAP, after that dropping 13.07 and
> then
> > > trying to do a release 16.x with Gradle. And a release of 15.12in
> > > between wouldn't be bad either ;)
> > >
> > >
> > Thank you Christian.
> > Your proposal makes sense but the problem is that we will not be able to
> > release (14.12, 15.12 etc...) until we have removed all the jars from the
> > distribution, and implementing this in the branches will require some
> > layout changes that will bring instability: the releases will be delayed
> > regardless and if we want to implement two different mechanisms for
> > downloading the jars for 14.12 vs the trunk and 16.x etc... than the
> > codebases will become rather different and more difficult to maintain;
> and
> > the extra effort will have to be backed up by the interested users. We
> have
> > to consider these aspects and do a reality check on resources before
> moving
> > in any direction.
> >
> > Jacopo
> >
>

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