[GRASS5] Fertilizer 2002: CVS and release strategies

[Glynn Clements]

Bernhard Reiter wrote:

> * Each change commited to the release branch must be immediately
>    commited to the main branch. If change in stable branch was
>    not commited to development branch, developer will be asked to do that
>    via mailing list.

This isn't always as straightforward as the preceding paragraph
implies.

If someone has been modifying the corresponding program/library on the
development branch (trunk), a fix which works for the stable version
may not work on (or even apply to) the development version. If the
development version has changed significantly and/or is in a state of
flux, someone who can produce a fix for the stable version might not
be able to determine a suitable fix for the development version.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>