[M3devel] HEADS UP: Release engineering, was: Re: CM3 Release

[Neels J Hofmeyr]

I have no opinion since I'm not active in the code.

~Neels

Olaf Wagner wrote:
> Quoting Martin Bishop <martinbishop at bellsouth.net>:
> 
>> A few days ago there was more talk of a proper "release" for CM3.  I
>> think this is very important.
> 
> I second that.
> 
> I'll try to start the release engineering now, as nobody else seems
> to volunteer ;-)
> 
> We have two options here though: we can either
> 
>  (a) agree on a code freeze (beginning at some date we need to agree upon)
>  (b) create a release branch immediately
> 
> Code freeze would mean that nobody commits any major new functionality
> any more, but all commits concentrate on fixing bugs in some set of
> release candiates.
> 
> I'd rather avoid creating a branch too early, as that means more work
> by selecting and merging fixes from trunk to branch. So here my questions:
> 
>  o Do we all agree on a temporary code freeze?
>  o When should we start? I.e. wha changes would you like to complete
>    before we start the release process?
> 
> Please let me know your opinions,
> 
> Olaf



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