my thought would not only be for the bundled extensions but for *everything*
under skins/ and extensions/ to get a given REL branch when a release is
set. It might mean that some extensions get a REL for a non-compatible
branch but it would cover those extensions where devs forget to cut
branches.

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Chad <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 8:04 AM John <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Can we get a repo for each major release that contains core, skins, and
> all
> > extensions in a single checkout? Right now I am updating and with all of
> > the sub modules, I am running into issues where I cant set a branch on
> the
> > extensions/ repo for REL 1_27 and get all extensions as of that
> branching,
> > Instead I am forced to go thru one by one and manually set it, if and
> only
> > if a given extension has said branch set, otherwise I am out of luck.
> >
> > Getting everything together would cause a larger checkout, but keeps
> things
> > together for those who want to pick and choose.
> >
> >
> It's on my todo list to add all the extensions and skins that are bundled
> in a release to the core release branch as submodules, just haven't gotten
> around to it yet.
>
> In addition to the problems/benefits you point out, it also means that the
> extensions and skins would be included in the signed tags for each
> release, aiding in reproducibility of a release.
>
> -Chad
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