From: Raman Gupta <rocketraman@fastmail.fm>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:29:45 GMT
Subject: Re: Reference for git.git release process
Message-ID: <49CB9159.6030606@fastmail.fm>
In-Reply-To: <49CB3766.5090109@op5.se>

Andreas Ericsson wrote:
> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>
>> In addition, you can keep older maintenance track around, i.e.
>>
>>     git branch maint-X.Y.(Z-1) maint
>>         git checkout maint
>>         git merge master
>>
>> so that maintenance releases for even older codebase _could_ be issued
>> _if_ necessary.
>>
> 
> Assuming one tags ones releases (which one should, and git.git does),
> creating maint-X.Y.Z when it's actually needed is a far better approach.

This is only correct if the current tip of the maint branch is in fact
the last tagged release i.e. that there is nothing pending on the
maint branch that is intended for a maintenance release on the older
codebase.

Cheers,
Raman