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Re: Stable vs. Default branch


From: Ben Abbott
Subject: Re: Stable vs. Default branch
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:27:10 -0400

On Oct 3, 2011, at 4:21 PM, John W. Eaton wrote:

> On  3-Oct-2011, Michael D Godfrey wrote:
> 
> | On 10/03/2011 09:05 AM, Rik wrote:
> | 
> |      Alternatively, we keep all development on the
> |     default branch and only do the merge right before preparing 3.6 release
> |     candidates.
> | 
> |     --Rik
> | 
> | This seems preferable to me.  This would allow, if necessary,
> | an "incremental" update of the current release without any extra
> | effort.  It is convenient to have a branch of the current release just
> | in case...
> 
> I agree.  Since we can't be sure that there won't be problems with
> releasing 3.6, I think we should leave open the possibility of easily
> making a 3.4.x release as long as possible.  Sure, if we merge default
> to stable now and then find we need another 3.4.x release, we could
> always go back and branch and transplant a bunch of patches, but I
> don't see why we force ourselves into that situation unless we have
> to.
> 
> OTOH, as we get closer to the 3.6 release, we will want to avoid
> making changes on default that are too risky or disruptive.  If we
> find that is holding us back in some way, we could always create
> another branch for those kinds of changes that could be merged with
> default after default is merged with stable.
> 
> jwe

I'm not yet clear on which branch is the proper place for bug fixes.

I have prepared changesets for a bug in how patch() handles vector colors. I 
can push to either stable of default.

I've attached the changesets for anyone who would like more info.

To which branch should this be pushed?

Ben

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