[GRASS5] GRASS 5.0.1 released

[Markus Neteler]

On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 03:52:32PM +0000, Glynn Clements wrote:
> 
> Markus Neteler wrote:
> 
> > > The rule to only fix release critical bugs on a release branch
> > > in itself is fine. 
> > > We just have to go for a fresh release from the CVS HEAD sooner
> > > which should be about bug fixes and minor feature enhancements only
> > > anyway.
> > 
> > This is not clear to me, sorry. When creating a new branch from HEAD,
> > all fixes including new features such as the long awaited datum
> > transformation etc will reach it (or not?). Or do we count all
> > as bug fixes and minor feature enhancements?
> 
> The problem with creating a new release branch from HEAD is that it
> will contain *everything* which has been committed to HEAD. Anything
> which isn't suitable for release would have to be explicitly reverted.

Exactly. That's why creating a new release branch is plenty of
work.
 
> IMHO, anything which breaks backward compatibility with the previous
> version shouldn't go in without a compelling reason.

Do you mean things like datum transformation etc.?

Markus