Note that we already released from a branch in the past, for the 1.0.1 release, if I am not mistaken. In this case we cherry-picked the patches for the bugfix release on that release branch (https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/7933). +1 to do that also for the main releases to avoid any need of force pushing master.
Joris On Thu, 26 Nov 2020 at 12:05, Andrew Lamb <al...@influxdata.com> wrote: > > I have also used the pattern of releasing from a release branch and > cherry-picking (as opposed to merge) fixes from main to the release branch > as needed for the release (on commercial software products), and it worked > well. > > As long as you have a regular and frequent release schedule (as Arrow does > with quarterly releases), most cherry-picks are likely to happen very soon > after the release branch is cut, when the divergence from main is the > smallest, and thus the chance of conflicts remains low. > > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 3:07 AM Antoine Pitrou <anto...@python.org> wrote: > > > > > Personally, I simply don't really understand the aversion for merge > > commits. The need to recreate the "master" branch locally after a > > release has bitten me several times (git lets you screw that up very > > easily...), and it has always been a bit frustrating. > > > > Regards > > > > Antoine. > > > > > > Le 26/11/2020 à 02:02, Jacques Nadeau a écrit : > > >> > > >> I don’t have a problem with releasing out of branches. I think I (or > > >> someone) proposed this in the past and there was not consensus but it > > seems > > >> like a good time to revisit the issue. > > >> > > > > > > Thanks for the recap. I just couldn't remember where people were at on > > this. > > > > > > I'm a big +1 for releasing out of branches. The biggest downside from my > > > pov is that if the release takes a long time, you spend some time > > > cherry-picking. That being said, I think the other pros (development > > isn't > > > stalled, you don't have force pushes, etc) outweigh the cherry-picking > > > pain. Especially with a fast moving project like Arrow. > > > > > > What do others think? > > > > >
