Re: stable branches for Gnulib

[Bruno Haible]

[Re-adding bug-gnulib in CC.]

Bruce Korb wrote:
> How about a plain "stable" branch that resolves to whatever the current 
> (or previous-to-current) stable branch is? That way my toy builder can 
> reference "stable" and I won't worry over updates to what the current 
> stable is. :) Thanks.

Then that branch would not be "stable" any more: Once every 6 months it
would include new features or incompatibilities mentioned in NEWS. At
these moments you'll need manual intervention. My typical commit message
in these cases is "Update after gnulib changed".

Bruno