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

[Tomasz Pala]

On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 10:39:31 +0100, Artur Wroblewski wrote:

>> Ra and Ac was detached from HEAD when they were released (i.e. frozen).
>> Th is not.
>> You keep avoiding one simple answer: why don't you want to use DEVEL?
>> This is the tag designated _exactly_ for this purpose.
> 
> 1. DEVEL is for unstable versions - we are talking about RC.

HEAD is for stable versions - we are talking about RC.

> 2. the release announcement contains the following statement
> 
>     The changes in GIMP 2.8rc1 since 2.7.5 are mostly not user-visible. We merely

Yes, since 2.7.5, not 2.6.

> 3.  it does not look like there are major issues with 2.8rc1.

I think that this decision should be made by authors, not us. Stop
fixing the world please.

> 4. on top of that, i have tested it with my workflows before sending
> the very first email proposing the merge on HEAD.

As above - leave the decision for the authors. Just for the sake - let
people blame them in case of anything.

> 5. babl and gegl are on HEAD anyway.

They shouldn't. But since PLD is in 'always broken' state - why do you
ask anyway?

> therefore, imho, it is worth _starting_ upgrading

That's what DEVEL was made for.

> (but if you send it to builders, then it is your stupidity).

And if such 'stupidity' is required due to any other reason (like new
libpng), who's going to be responsible?

> i was quite often putting rc versions on HEAD (depending on a project progress).
> it was not a problem until now. it seems like some people want some more strict
> rules about th development - iron them out and propose them on this
> list. if not, then we are wasting each other time.

That might explain PLD deterioration.

-- 
Tomasz Pala <gotar at pld-linux.org>