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

[Artur Wroblewski]

2012/4/20 Bartosz Świątek <shadzik at gmail.com>:
> W dniu 20 kwietnia 2012 22:26 użytkownik Artur Wroblewski
> <wrobell at pld-linux.org> napisał:
>> 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
>
> I really really am confused now. You're pretending your side of the
> story is how it's always been done in PLD. It's really not. HEAD was
> always reserved for stable package releases.

right... especially in Ra and Ac times...

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