[GRASS-dev] GRASS 6.4.0 release branch forthcoming

[Helena Mitasova]

On Oct 21, 2008, at 7:39 PM, Hamish wrote:

> Markus wrote:
>>> let me suggest to create the GRASS 6.4.0 release branch the next
>>> days
>
> Paul:
>> I agree - but do we need to create a release branch in advance of the
>> release? Any development in the 6.4 branch at present is intended for
>> the 6.4.0 release anyway; it's not as if we need to branch off the
>> release to allow development to continue in the devel branch, as all
>> new development is going on in trunk.
>>
>> I think to avoid having three separate branches (6.4 dev, 6.4 release
>> and 7.0 dev/trunk) it would be best to only create the release
>> branch immediately before 6.4.0 is tagged.
>
> I think Paul is right, create 6.4.0 release branch moments before  
> 6.4.0rc1,
> otherwise there is more backporting to do, which is a pain.
>
> or is the idea to release rc1 in the next days?

I think that is the idea. It took 6 months to get from 6.3RC1 to 6.3  
release,
so if we would like to see GRASS64 out by the end of the year the 6.3RC1
is overdue by now. It would be much simpler if we had only GRASS64  
and GRASS7 -
currently there is 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 and 7 on the download site.

Helena

>
>
>
> I had some things I wanted to get done before 6.4.0-final, I added/
> commented on a couple in the trac system yesterday, and I'll add a few
> more as I can remember them ;)
>
>
> Hamish
>
>
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