[GRASS-dev] GRASS 6.4.0 release branch forthcoming

[Maris Nartiss]

Hello Markus,
well - let's wait for other developer input (especially - do 6.4 has
to be last stable 6.x release).

I forgot about that include/VERSION file. Doh.
My idea was really simple - just create develbranch_6 tag called
6.3.9x and make only one change in that tag - include/VERSION. Test,
release. No branching, backporting. When we will receive feedback
about current develbranch_6 state, we can decide if it's ready to
become 6.4 (stable), or there are some areas that need to be worked
on. 6.3.0 was really good idea and worked well, still IMHO we need
more 6.3-like releases between our stable versions.

Others - don't waste time by pointing places where I'm wrong. Please,
give ideas how to avoid those looong times between releases. Thanks!

Maris.

2008/10/23 Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org>:
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Maris Nartiss <maris.gis at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> as I understood from Glynn, it's too early to release 6.4.0 as GRASS 7
>> is still too far away.
>
> This reasoning is unclear to me. While I want to avoid GRASS 6.132.x,
> there is no real problem to have a 6.6 is unavoidable.
>
> In 6.4.svn are thousands (!) of fixes which don't reach the user yet
> in an organized way.
>
>> I also agree with Markus, that we need to
>> release something for packagers, as more and more users are suggested
>> to use SVN version and not some semi-stable version from packages.
>> GRASS 6.3.0 was technical preview release - it was never promised to
>> be stable. I see no point in releasing 6.3.1 with just some fixes.
>
> I agree.
>
>> My proposal - let's make another "technical preview" from devbranch6
>> called i.e. 6.3.90 (just a devbranch6 tag within week or so) - we get
>> something out for users who don't compile GRASS, still it's not final
>> 6.4.0, that should be stable and bug free, as main release between 6.2
>> and 7.0 should be.
>
> You mean, with bulk-copying 6.4.svn into 6.3.svn? Or by downgrading
> devel_grass6 branch to 6.3.90 or likewise in include/version.h? Or
> by creating a 6.3.90 relbranch from devel_grass6?
>
> Just to understand your suggestion...
>
> Markus
>