>> 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