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

[Artur Wroblewski]

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 7:57 PM, Caleb Maclennan <caleb at pld-linux.org> 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.

it is very simple. "th-stable", "ac-stable" or whatever... provide
meaningful, self documenting names to things.

you want to discuss strategy on CVS HEAD, then... well... you have
few things to consider

- in the past Ra or Ac could be on CVS HEAD, which one it should be back then?
- now it could be Th... but why not Ti?
- what about future if some other distro lines happen?

again, meaningful tag names do not cause above problems.

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