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Subject: Re: Why we release yocto on different branch
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said the following on 2013-7-24 15:02:, Khem Raj wrote:
> 
> On Jul 23, 2013, at 11:57 PM, Bian Naimeng <biannm@cn.fujitsu.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Why we release yocto on different branch?
> 
> These branches are from same trunk which we call master in git terms.
> 
>>
>> Yocto Project 1.2: denzil
>> Yocto Project 1.3: danny
>> Yocto Project 1.4: dylan
>>
> 
> yes denzil danny and dylan and so on are codenames for branches on which releases are made.
> 
>> Some questions.
>> 1. Do we always create a new branch to release the next Yocto Project?
> 
> yes


Thanks for your answer.

Do we apply new features into these branches such as denzil/danny/dylan.
Only bug fix?

Thanks
 Bian


> 
>> 2. If so, which branch/commit the new branch start from?
> 
> There is master branch and when the time comes the next release branch is spawned from master 
> 
>> 3. What's the relation between these branch?
> 
> These are release branches cut from master at some point in time.
> 
>>
>> Thanks,
>> bian
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