RE: Branching GConf

["Emese Kovacs" <emese sunserv itp hu>]

>
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 09:51:58AM +0100, Emese Kovacs wrote:
> > >
> > > Den 12 Dec 2000 22:56:59 +0100, skrev Keld Jørn Simonsen:
> > > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 12:15:07PM -0500, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > Colm has time to start working on some new features for
> GConf 2, so
> > > > > I'm branching the stable version to gconf-1-0. The
> gconf-1-0 branch is
> > > > > the one that's going to end up in GNOME 1.4.
> > > > >
> > > > > All bugfixes and such should go in both branches;
> unstable breakage
> > > > > will go in HEAD. Will probably port HEAD to GLib 1.3.x in
> a while, but
> > > > > not right away, I'd like to get closer to the 1.4 release before
> > > > > making the diff between branches that large.
> > > >
> > > > Could somebody please tell me which gnome packages have both
> > > > a stable  version and a development HEAD version. Please
> also give me
> > > > the correct tags for the stable versions.
> > > >
> > >
> > > stable branches:
> > >
> > > gnome-libs: "gnome-libs-1-0"
> > > gnome-core: "gnome-core-1-2"
> > > gnome-applets: "gnome-applets-1-2"
> > > gnome-pim: "gnome-pim-1-2"
> > > oaf: "oaf-stable-0-6"
> > > ORBit: "orbit-stable-0-5"
> > > gtk+: "gtk-1-2"
> > > glib: "glib-1-2"
> > > control-center: "control-center-1-0"
> > > libgtop: "LIBGTOP_STABLE_1_0"
> > > gnome-xml: "LIB_XML_1_BRANCH"
> > > gconf: "gconf-1-0"
> >
> > And gedit: "gedit-1-0"
> > pybliographer also has a stable branch. (something like v_1_0_x)
> > You can check the exact name of a branch by using the following
> cvs command:
> >
> > cvs -z3 status -v some_file_in_the_module
> >
> > All branches and tags are listed.
>
> Thanks for the information.
> Does evolution and nautilus also have stable branches?
>
> I did use the status command of cvs, but a lot of tags turned
> up and it was hard to see which was the "stable" one.

Tags are unimportant from our point of view, as you cannot commit to a tag.
All you have to look for are branches, there are usually much less branches
than tags.

As for which one is stable, if it is not clear from the branche's name, all
you can do is
ask the developer, or look for a README file in the module's directory.

Nice developers put a notice at the beginning of the ChangeLog file in the
po
directory, to warn translators.

>
> Is the "stable" branches the ones we are heading for in release 1.4?
This would seem logical to me, but I guess the 1.4 release coordinator
people are
the ones who will know about this.

Regards,
Emese

>
> Keld
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