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Re: [PATCH] Fix base-installer FTBFS



On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 10:15:06PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> > This can never work. It would effectively mean to stop further development
> > of d-i over the lifetime of sarge, since there has to be a "critical fixes
> > only" source tree for the stable release.
> > 
> > I strongly recommend to create a "sarge" branch. This leaves HEAD unimpeded
> > and allows stricter control over the release branch. Otherwise you'll have
> > to scare off your co-developers all the time from doing what they like
> > most: Implementing shiny new features.
> 
> Shiny features can go in a shiney features branch. There is no need at
> all for that branch to be HEAD. Anyway, the freeze is only here to
> prevent changes to core components that can break everything else.

Using a branch for freeze and HEAD for HEAD, sounds very reasonable to me.
I even like "sarge" as a name for the branch.

Is the build system aware of a branch?
Or is the probleem that the build scripts all use HEAD?

> 
> -- 
> see shy jo


Geert Stappers

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