Stable Release Updates types proposal

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Sat Mar 13 01:45:39 UTC 2010


Al Dunsmuir wrote:
> And  turning  all  releases  into  rolling  branches helps keep things
> sane?
> 
> Please call a spade a spade. Without a reduction in churn in the stable
> releases that is what they become and remain until EOL - a rolling branch.

No, a "semi-rolling" branch, as in a branch which picks up rolling feature 
upgrades WITHOUT the disruption and breakage inherent to a rolling branch, 
which instead only happens from one release to another. In other words, the 
best of both worlds (release-based and rolling).

        Kevin Kofler



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