[oe] RFC: branch off the last stable branch under monotone?

[Koen Kooi]

On 08-10-2008 15:46, Leon Woestenberg wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> should we, or should we not, branch off a stable branch under
> monotone, i.e. the last stable using monotone?
>
> The argument would be to offer the existing use base (which typically
> lags behind much) a (last) monotone based branch.
>
> I can imagine the answer should be "no", as the number of maintainers
> is low (and I am to blame as well).

A read-only stable branch is pretty much useless, since you can't apply 
fixes to keep it stable.

regards,

Koen