From kde-core-devel  Tue Nov 26 03:05:09 2002
From: Trevor Harmon <trevor () vocaro ! com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 03:05:09 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: KDE 3.1 final tarballs
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>> Once HEAD enters RC, I feel it should be branched to KDE_3_1_BRANCH or
>> whatever the next stable release is. That way, HEAD could be opened up f=
or
>> non-showstopper bug fixes.
>
> I think that would be too much duplicate work. For one thing, all the bug=
s=20
> fixed in the release branch would have to be merged into HEAD. Actually, =
all=20
> changes made into the release brach should be ported as well. So, we'd be=
=20
> duplicating this work.

I thought we already did that with the 3.0.1, 3.0.2, etc. releases. Fixes=20
applied to the 3.0.1 branch, for example, had to be re-applied into HEAD.
Could we do the same thing for the RCs?

> I've made my position clear, but this is actually not a real debate. This=
 is
> a policy and a decision that only the release coordinator can make. It's =
up
> him to tell us whether he might be considering your option or not.

I know, and Dirk's doing a fine job. I'm only trying to understand the proc=
ess=20
and why it's set up the way it is.

Trevor