Re: Lets get branches names right this time (was: Re: Proposed release process/plans)

[Gediminas Paulauskas <menesis delfi lt>]

Chema Celorio wrote:
> Havoc wrote..
>
> > Implementation note: the branch isn't actually called "2-0", the
> > precise branch name is "gnome-2-0", "gnome-2-2", etc. for modules that
> > use GNOME-wide branch names, and may be different for some modules.
>
>
> Branches name
>  
> It would be a lot easier if all branches for gnome 2.0 where the same.
> The proposal was "gnome-2-0" but there are some modules branched with
> "gnome-2-0-0" (libbonobo for one). Maybe I am exaggerating and this is
> not as important as it seems to me, but having the same branches name
> will make things easier down the road. Could we re-branch the modules to
> match "gnome-2-0"?


I imagine gnome-2-0-0 to live a very short period of time (until gnome 
2.0.0 is released), and gnome-2-0 to live approx 6 months (until gnome 
2.2.0 is released), and make 2.0.x releases from it.

I.e. if you have a patch which is too risky to put in a release 
approaching this week, put it into gnome-2-0, and if everything is OK, 
you will release it next time (2.0.1). If it is OK for stable, put it 
into gnome-2-0-0. If it's a new great feature, commit this only to HEAD.

I have drawn a branch/tag/anchor naming scheme for gnome 2.x.x releases

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Gediminas