Re: PROPOSAL: re-create branches/4.3.0/sid; release off branch instead of trunk
On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 10:49:11PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> I'm a little frustrated with the rash of FTBFSes and other problems
> (like the reopening of #215831) that I can't detect on my PowerPC,
> because they occur in code architecture-specific to i386 or SPARC.
>
> I am consequently beginning to see the wisdom in doing what many other
> projects (other than XFree86 itself) do:
>
> * Don't release off the trunk.
> * Merge only known-working fixes onto a release branch.
> * Tag releases from the branch, not the trunk.
>
> Comments? If I don't get any, I'll go ahead and do it, but don't let
> that stop you from expressing your assent, if you feel it. :)
Sounds good to me. Are you planning on arch-specific branches as a sort
of top-level thing?
- David Nusinow
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