From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from relay1.mentorg.com ([192.94.38.131]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PnBLi-00048e-El for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:48:54 +0100 Received: from svr-orw-fem-01.mgc.mentorg.com ([147.34.98.93]) by relay1.mentorg.com with esmtp id 1PnBKf-0005Zv-Pk from Tom_Rini@mentor.com for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 09 Feb 2011 06:47:49 -0800 Received: from na2-mail.mgc.mentorg.com ([134.86.114.213]) by svr-orw-fem-01.mgc.mentorg.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Wed, 9 Feb 2011 06:47:49 -0800 Received: from [172.30.80.130] ([172.30.80.130]) by na2-mail.mgc.mentorg.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 9 Feb 2011 07:47:48 -0700 Message-ID: <4D52A910.4060407@mentor.com> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 07:47:44 -0700 From: Tom Rini Organization: Mentor Graphics Corporation User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101208 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org References: <4D519C83.9060502@mentor.com> <09D9BE2AC4AA764DABAA8C91E48D819E011A79A329@DEMCHP99E35MSX.ww902.siemens.net> In-Reply-To: <09D9BE2AC4AA764DABAA8C91E48D819E011A79A329@DEMCHP99E35MSX.ww902.siemens.net> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Feb 2011 14:47:48.0752 (UTC) FILETIME=[51F78100:01CBC868] Subject: Re: 2011.03 release testing, starts soon! X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:48:54 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 02/09/2011 02:25 AM, Aeschbacher, Fabrice wrote: > Hi all, > > There are two things which could be useful (IMO) for OE users: > > 1. a small README file (or wiki page) just highlighting the main > changes since last release (2010.12), e.g. something like > "Prominent features (the cool stuff)" on http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges > This would help us OE users to decice whether it is worth rebasing on the latest > release now, or if it can wait Great idea! I've added a place-holder to the wiki page for the release. > 2. Do not delete the release branch after 2011.03 will be released (just like > it was done for 2010.12), but let it live and allow developpers committing > bug-fixes (backporting choosen things?) reported back by OE users (some would > would be happy to contribute this way) My _hope_ is to not have to make a branch to take from, but we shall see. Beyond that, I see the discussion about keeping something that's not just top of tree alive as an important but only related discussion. Starting from the release tag is probably the best bet, should something want to happen in that direction. -- Tom Rini Mentor Graphics Corporation