> I'll tell you when the branch is opened and the freeze of the HEAD
> branch is over (not yet!).

Pardon me if this has been discussed before (it's not in the developer FAQ)=
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but I thought the whole point of CVS was to avoid freezing the source code =
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these situations. I'm not a CVS expert, but I would have thought that when=
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the code goes into a "release candidate" phase, it branches into a tree tha=
t=20
is separate from HEAD. That way, showstopper fixes can be applied separatel=
y=20
to the 3.1 branch while everyone can work on HEAD without affecting the=20
stable 3.1. Of course, this produces some extra work because the showstoppe=
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fixes would have to be ported to the HEAD, but the big benefit is that we=20
wouldn't have to halt development of 3.2 for several weeks. Am I missing=20
something?

Trevor