CVS access policy, branching/tagging, code review, etc.
Mike A. Harris
release-wranglers@freedesktop.org
Tue, 2 Mar 2004 17:03:27 -0500 (EST)
On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Keith Packard wrote:
>> Maybe in some organizations. The way this tree was originally set up it
>> is intended that HEAD be the release vehicle.
>
>I'd really rather see "normal" development done on HEAD with releases done
>on branches; the expectation is that the release branch will provide a
>place for back-porting of security fixes with future minor releases. How
>is that done in the CURRENT-STABLE-HEAD world?
Indeed.
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Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat