[Qgis-psc] Backporting?

[Sandro Santilli]

On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 01:28:49PM +0100, Jürgen E. Fischer wrote:
> On Fri, 07. Mar 2014 at 13:00:48 +0100, Sandro Santilli wrote:

> > I think the question here is how to reduce regressions while fixing bugs, and
> > this would be the main reason for maintaining a "stable" branch.  Being
> > "stable" means that the least possible changes happen in that branch.
> 
> We're not discussing "stable" branches.  We're discussing backporting fixes and
> do point releases for our "moving" releases.   "stable" releases take even more
> effort (maintaing API stability etc).

Sorry but I don't understand the difference between maintaining a stable
branch and backporting fixes. Backporting to what ? Aren't we talking about
a branch which is different from the main development one (trunk/master) ?

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