Re: 5.3.1 process

hi Johannes, I will begin to merge the changes we agreed on on Thursday (mines only). I can't wait more as the diff between PHP_5_3 and PHP_5_3_1 is getting large and it will make the merge harder, increasing the risk to break things. Cheers, 2009/9/19 Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com>: > hi Johannes, > > It is a really great improvement that we don't have to worry anymore > about being in a release phase for a given branch. However one thing I > would like to improve in the merge frequency. Having a large merge the > day (or the day before) a RC does not sound too god to me. It would be > much safer to merge more often so we can valid them before the release > or point you to some missing bits if necessary. > > Thoughts&comments welcome, > > Cheers, > > 2009/9/4 Johannes Schlüter <johannes@php.net>: >> Hi, >> >> a new tool provides new opportunities and challenges, with the move to >> svn I took some of the new possibilities and after many discussions >> created a new release process which I'll try for 5.3.1 for which RC1 is >> about to be packed. (having trouble accessing the snaps box to build >> it...) >> >> The very short story for most devs is to go on and work on the branches >> as before (meaning trunk, PHP_5_3, PHP_5_2, commit at once etc.) >> >> The longer story is this: >> >> I've created a new branch PHP_5_3_1. This release branch receives >> selective merges by the RM (me) only! >> >> This branch will then be used to create RCs as often as needed >> containing these fixes, as we won't have snaps for this branch only svn >> checkouts and RCs will be available for testing. Therefore the aim is to >> provide stable RCs and the only change between the last RC and the >> stable release shall be the version number change. >> >> Once 5.3.1 is to be published the PHP_5_3_1 branch will be converted >> into a php_5_3_1 tag. (svn mv) And the 5.3.1 NEWS will be merged back >> into PHP_5_3. >> >> When committing to PHP_5_3 please be conservative till 5.3.1 is out to >> ease merging and testing (we have no snaps for PHP_5_3_1) and try to >> indicate whether you think the change should be merged or not and tell >> me if you think I missed to merge a commit. >> >> Once 5.3.1 is released this process will be reviewed and either be >> documented or modified. >> >> Hoping this works out, >> johannes >> >> >> >> -- >> PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > > > > -- > Pierre > > http://blog.thepimp.net | > http://www.libgd.org > -- Pierre http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org