[RFC] mock release plans
Michael E Brown
Michael_E_Brown at dell.com
Tue Jun 12 19:35:43 UTC 2007
All,
It has been a bit since we have done a mock release and a lot has
happened. This email is to serve as a sync-point so that everybody is on
the same page regarding the release.
Background information:
Clark has done a lot of work to get a public git repository and
project page set up. All that info is here:
Trac Project page: https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/mock
Gitweb: http://git.fedoraproject.org/?p=hosted/mock;a=summary
mock git repository:
git clone git://git.fedoraproject.org/git/hosted/mock mock
Proposal #1: branch policy
We currently have no branch policy in place, nor a branch strategy.
To rectify this, Clark and I propose the following branch policy:
-- Branches will be created on an as-required basis.
-- as-required means that there is a consensus that we need one (as
defined by current project maintainers)
Corollary:
-- we will not use branches as a developer communication tool. If
anybody has patches that need to be merged, use one of the following
methods:
-- post to mailing list for import by 'git am'
-- post publicly-accessible git repository that can be pulled by
one fo the maintainers.
Proposal #2: branch cleanup
In line with the branch policy above, we want the branch list to
look like this:
$ git branch -r
origin/HEAD
origin/master -- main line of development
origin/mock-0-6-branch -- for fixes to historical releases
origin/mock-experimental-launcher -- experimental development for
launcher-based mock.
To that end, here is the current git branch list and the proposed
disposition for each branch:
origin/HEAD
origin/master
origin/mock -- TO BE REMOVED (mistake)
origin/mock-0-6-branch
origin/mock-0-6-jesse -- TO BE REMOVED (per policy)
origin/mock-0.6.0-jesse -- TO BE REMOVED (per policy)
origin/mock-0.7 -- rename to mock-experimental-launcher
origin/origin -- TO BE REMOVED (mistake)
The branches listed as 'mistake' above were never intended to be
created, but rather were result of various parties learning how git
works. :) They will be removed. The *-jesse branches will be removed in
favor of communicating using separate repos, where necessary.
Proposal #3: mock 0.7 release
We are overdue for a release. To that end, I will tag the current
master branch as 0.7 for release. I will push mock 0.7 to rawhide. After
a period of time in rawhide (one week?), I will create a release for
Fedora 7 to push into updates-testing/. Announcements will be sent to
the lists for each of these releases.
We will implement the above after signoff by Clark Williams and Jesse
Keating.
signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mebrown at michaels-house.net>
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Michael
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