[Cosmo-dev] Branching

[Ted Leung]

So the actual mechanics of the branching aside, here are some things  
to keep in mind about the 0.7.x series:

1. These are going to be bug fix only releases - no new features, and  
no refactorings unless *absolutely* necessary for a bug fix.  The  
goal of the 0.7.x series is to continue to stabilize the software  
once it has been deployed.   Anything that looks remotely like a  
feature should be targeted for 0.8.  The sole exception that I can  
think of is making Safari work, and I don't think that will be the  
target for 0.7.1

2. Releasing these on a regular schedule is important.  One way of  
making sure that we do this is to restrict the number of changes that  
we accept.

3. I expect prioritization of fixes to go in these releases to be  
driven more by QA and PPD than by engineering.   We have not yet gone  
through the exercise of prioritizing any bugs for 0.7.1, so you  
should look at 0.7.1 as a holding bin for bugs that will get spread  
out over 0.7.1, 2, 3, 4, etc.

Ted

On Aug 14, 2007, at 10:30 AM, Travis Vachon wrote:

> Hi folks
>
> Now that we're rolling a ZBR I'm excited to start working on 0.7.1  
> bugs. I'd like to be able to check my work in, so there are a few  
> questions that need answers:
>
> 1) What's our branching strategy for the 0.7.x releases?
>     a) Branches off trunk that are merged back to trunk at the time  
> of the "dot release"?
>     b) Branches off a "0.7" branch that is kept "0.7 pristine",  
> merging the branches back to trunk at the time of "dot releases"?
>     c) Other?
>
> 2) What about the work Brian's already doing on 0.8? When does that  
> get merged back to trunk?
>
> It would be nice to set a precedent that everyone is happy (or at  
> least not unhappy) with during the next month or so, so my  
> intention with this thread is to come to that consensus.
>
> -Travis
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