[GeoNode-devel] Important communication regarding the future of development branches

[Alessio Fabiani]

Dear devs,
branches created on:

- geonode {3.2.x, 3.1.x}
- geonode-project {3.2.x, 3.1.x}

deprecation messages put on:

- geonode {3.x}
- geonode-project {3.x}

documentation updated

- documentation {master --> 3.2.x; 3.x --> 3.1.x}

Moreover:

geonode/geonode-project 3.2.x now point to geonode-mapstore-client 2.1.x

*WARNING 1: DO NOT USE MASTER BRANCH, IT WILL BE HIGHLY UNSTABLE*

*WARNING 1: BUILD AND DEPLOYMENT TESTS STILL TO BE DONE ON NEW BRANCHES
3.1.x; 3.2.x *


Il giorno mer 3 mar 2021 alle ore 17:08 G. Allegri <
giovanni.allegri at geo-solutions.it> ha scritto:

> Dear all,
>
> As already announced and discussed with the PSC, GeoSolutions has started
> a long-term activity that will include a significant refactoring and
> cleanup and several improvements to GeoNode (core and client). Our goal is
> to pave the road for the next major version of GeoNode, while
> maintaining GeoNode 3.x as it is now and backporting what can be backported.
>
> In order to reduce the risk of obtaining a fork rather then an evolution
> of GeoNode, we designed the following plan:
>
>    - *3.2.x*: this is the branch *where the work for the release of
>    GeoNode 3.2 will be done, and which will be used only for security issues
>    and bug fixing*
>    - *3.x: *this will be cut from 3.2.x when GeoNode 3.2 will be released
>    and will become* the development branch for the version of GeoNode in
>    the current shape*.
>    - *master: * the long-term development, where the the work briefly
>    mentioned above will be done
>
> A *3.1.x branch* will also be created for any critical fix to the current
> stable (GeoNode 3.1).
>
> Any fix or improvement that can be shared between the 3.x.x branches and
> master should be kept aligned through backporting, but master could become
> highly unstable during the upcoming months.
> For these reasons we are also planning the setup of a stable demo site,
> which will track branch 3.2.x.
>
> Alessio will prepare branches 3.1.x, 3.2.x soon. We will take care to
> update any reference between the projects (e.g. geonode-project) so that we
> will have a consistent stack of stable branches along with the development
> ones (master).
> The critical branch will be 3.x, which is currently used for bug fixing on
> 3.1. Developers must be aware of this change, since the moment 3.2 will be
> released 3.x. will immediately advance to that commit (==3.2.x).
>
> I hope I was able to explain the plan clearly. Of course this thread is
> meant to let anybody ask questions or share any concern about this plan.
>
> Best,
> Giovanni
>
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