[GRASS-dev] [release planning] GRASS GIS 8: create new release branch

[Markus Neteler]

On Sat, May 15, 2021 at 4:05 AM Vaclav Petras <wenzeslaus at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 11:10 AM Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org> wrote:
>> Let me suggest to create a new release branch in the next two weeks
>> ...
>>
>> Now, the question is, also to avoid excessive cherry-picking of fixes
>> and changes from master (to be called 8.1 then), which of the open PR
>> may be merged soon?
>
>
> I actually expected that you would be a "beta" release, not an RC, marked by tagging a commit on master branch with the code as is.
> This would avoid any backporting,

Yes, that's an alternative idea.

> but perhaps, it is not creating enough focus for 8.0 and having a 8.0 branch gives more freedom in what goes into the master branch.

Indeed, a full blown new release branch for G800 would open the master
branch for new (radical) changes.

@All: your opinion?

Markus