th stable (Re: gimp 2.8.0 rc1, gimp plugins)

[Andrzej Zawadzki]

On 20.04.2012 20:57, Caleb Maclennan wrote:
>> well... if you need more stable line, then why not to create one with
>> appropriate
>> branch in CVS? of course, the problem is that somebody needs to maintain that,
>> which I believe is full time job and lack of resources causes the stable branch
>> to freeze. therefore, imho, it is not good idea to link CVS HEAD with stable
>> line - and that was the result of similar discussions in the past if i
>> reckon well.
>>
>> if you need more reassurance, then what about introducing TH-STABLE tag and
>> sending packages to builders only when they are tagged with above?
> A tag scheme like that could of course work. Again I would ask ask
> how, other than different tag names, this is different from the status
> quo. Please answer this: what do you see as the advantage to having an
> RC release tagged HEAD instead of DEVEL? How does merging DEVEL into
> HEAD before it's going to be a candidate for FTP make life any
> different for you? What's the motivation? I honestly don't understand
> what you're trying to accomplish and thus I feel like you're
> presenting a solution to something that isn't a problem and thereby
> introducing a problem. Does that make sense?
True, I don't understand this problem either...

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Andrzej