GNU bug report logs - #13578
A new versioning scheme for automake releases, and a new branching scheme for the Git repository

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Package: automake;

Reported by: mthl <at> gnu.org

Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:50:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Done: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #177 received at 13578 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Miles Bader <miles <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
Cc: automake <at> gnu.org, Nate Bargmann <n0nb <at> n0nb.us>, 13578 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13578: [IMPORTANT] Savannah issues
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:12:43 +0900

Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com> writes:
> So we should maybe go (after the next major release) with this naming
> scheme for the branches?
>
>   * maint -> for next micro version
>   * stable -> for next minor version
>   * master -> for next major version

That seems to match common practice, insofar as I understand it...

[Another consideration is whether you have a single named branch for
maintenance (e.g. "maint", and "stable"), or just use version-named
branches (and thus can maintain multiple versions simultaneously).]

-miles

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