[oe] Preparing for release - Freeze on master

[Khem Raj]

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 1:56 AM, Graeme Gregory <dp at xora.org.uk> wrote:
> On 17/11/2010 09:12, Koen Kooi wrote:
>> On 16-11-10 19:20, Khem Raj wrote:
>> > Hello All,
>>
>> > In order to get to the 2010.12 release, I would like to request to
>> > stop pushing any changes to master until release. Please keep your
>> > changes in you local tree ready for when the window
>> > opens again after the release.
>>
>> At OEDEM we agreed that the release would pick a tested branch tag to
>> avoid such a draconic freeze.
>>
> I must say I am puzzled why the freeze when git supports branches. In
> the past we have just picked a point branched then cherry picked
> anything interesting that went into org.openemedded.dev until release date.
>

I guess wrong choice of words, I should have said caution. We can use
branch to solidify release thats ok
given we have enough people testing it out and working on it which I
am a bit doubtful can happen. Thats why
slowing down a bit on commits for a bit, tag the release and keep going.


> Graeme
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