Branching proposal for 2.7.x

[Geert Janssens]

That's a good proposal. Go for it.

Regards,
Geert

John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> schreef op 26 augustus 2017 23:02:53 CEST:
>We're almost ready to release 2.7.0, I just need to figure out why the
>build script locks up the Win10 VM build server.
>
>I propose to create an "unstable" branch and release the 2.7.x series
>from that, so all 2.7.x bug fixes and any remaining work for the 2.8.x
>would go to that branch; long-term development could continue in master
>(e.g. Aaron Laws has started converting Account.c to Account.cpp).
>
>Periodic merges would be maint->unstable and unstable->master with
>"periodic" meaning at least immediately before each 2.7.x release.
>
>When we release 2.8.0, we'll also release 2.6.20, do a final merge
>maint->unstable, delete maint and rename unstable to maint. At that
>point we'll be back to two active branches until we start the 2.9 alpha
>releases around 4 years from now.
>
>Any objections or concerns?
>
>Regards,
>John Ralls
>
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