[Python-Dev] Community buildbots (was Re: User's complaints)

[Anthony Baxter]

On Monday 17 July 2006 20:27, Andrew MacIntyre wrote:
> On the face of it, it seems to me that branching a new major
> release at the 1st beta would be one way of managing this.  The
> trunk is not frozen for an extended period, and any "features" and
> bug fixes could probably be backported from the trunk on clearance
> from the RE with no more pain than is currently endured.
>
> One down side would be the possibility of a loss in emphasis in
> finishing the job on the release to be.  I'm sure there are
> others...

The major one is the doubling of the workload for bugfixes. SVN is 
better than CVS, but it's still not great when it comes to 
backporting fixes between branches.

Anthony
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