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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Small branch survey
From:       Matthias Ettrich <ettrich () trolltech ! com>
Date:       2000-10-26 18:25:20
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Thursday 26 October 2000 20:59 wrote David Faure:
> On Thursday 26 October 2000 17:56, Matthias Ettrich wrote:
> > Thursday 26 October 2000 18:39 wrote Harri Porten:
[snip]
> > >
> > > It's probably not a secret if I admit that I'd been very happy if we
> > > hadn't branched yet. IIRC Linus waits for x.x.1 releases first as well
> >
> > I totally agree. To me it seems, more bug fixes actually go into HEAD
> > right now.
>
> This is what is supposed to happen !!!!!
> The branch was asked by translators. It's mainly for releasing a fully
> translated version of 2.0.

Not only by translators. Truth is, they saw it as an opportunity to do so. 
And yes, that's a big advantage.

> The development (including most bugfixes, because most bugfixes are never
> really guaranteed to be 100% safe) is done in HEAD. Only critical bugfixes
> go to the branch, those that are guaranteed not to break something else.

Yes, this is the theory and this is exactly what Harri (and I ) doubt. In 
three weeks, HEAD will be significantly less buggy than 2.0 plus provide some 
nifty features. 

>
> If you wanted a branch for stabilising 2.0, we should have decided that
> way. But that's not what was decided - we all hate branching the
> development.
>
> Did you actually read kde-core-devel before ?

Reading doesn't mean agreeing with everything. Agreements don't mean they 
cannot be adjusted to reality later.

As long as some people take care of integrating the real show stopper / crash 
fixes from HEAD to 2.0, that's fine with me. Anyway, we might consider 
releasing a 2.1 based on HEAD earlier than planned.


Matthias

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