From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ob9er-00014o-Gp for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:03:28 +0200 Received: from cpe002275e3273f-cm001225dbafb6.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([99.235.245.115] helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ob9eX-0002pZ-Ae for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:02:21 -0400 Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:01:26 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@lynx To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org In-Reply-To: <4C45619F.1060201@2net.co.uk> Message-ID: References: <20100709204055.GA12163@excalibur.local> <20100720070108.GE1512@excalibur.local> <4C45619F.1060201@2net.co.uk> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (DEB 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.openembedded.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 64.235.106.9 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on discovery X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on linuxtogo.org) Subject: Re: [RFC] New stable branch (and maybe a new process?) 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: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:04:00 -0000 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Tue, 20 Jul 2010, Chris Simmonds wrote: > On 20/07/10 08:01, Stefan Schmidt wrote: > > Hello. > > > > On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 22:40, Stefan Schmidt wrote: > > > > > > I want to gather some feedback what people are feeling about a new stable > > > branch. It feels like the right time to do it soon. We have so many big > > > changes > > > in that are not likely to get into stable/2009 like: > > > > > From the silence on this topic I gather that the interest to create a new > > > branch > > or change the process is quite low. > > > > I would like to vote for a 2010 stable branch. There is a lot of > good stuff in the dev branch that I would like to use in live > projects. i second that, with the proviso that the primary focus for that new stable branch be on resolving any unbuildable packages for major distros. as i've whined about before, there always seems to be a package or two from the dev branch that doesn't build on my standard 64-bit ubuntu system (last time i checked, it was abiword). i just did a git pull on the dev branch and am checking again to see what fails. not to belabour the point, but if a new branch is created and tagged as "stable," it should build for anyone using any of the common distros. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Top-notch, inexpensive online Linux/OSS/kernel courses http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================