[geos-devel] GEOS 3.1

[Frank Warmerdam]

Charlie Savage wrote:
> 
>>> Are we going to keep fixing bugs in branches/3.0.0, following similar
>>> procedure as GDAL does?
>>
>> Mateusz,
>>
>> Charlie seems to doubt the need for this, but I think it is good for 
>> us to
>> treat 3.0 as a stable branch so we can put out a 3.0.1 if we fine some
>> significant errors in the next few months before Ben's (3.1) work is 
>> complete.
> 
> Its not that I doubt its a good idea.  Its that I doubt there are the 
> people to actually maintain the branch.  If there are, then by all means 
>  there should be a branch.

Charlie,

I guess I'm optimistic that the osgeo transition will also correspond with
a broader and more "enabled" developer community.  But honestly, it does not
seem likely there will be a lot of activity in the stable branch.

Best regards,
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