Yea, I was just about to post that. Stable/unstable refers to branches. -David
On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 12:18:03PM -0400, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: > Clearly, we need something like this to get organized around the > final push for certification and the 1.0 release, by why not just > branch for the stable, and head is unstable? > > geir > > On May 27, 2005, at 12:07 PM, Jeremy Boynes wrote: > > >Stefan brings up the question of whether we want to release sub- > >modules of Geronimo separately. I think this is a good idea and > >would propose the following restructure of the tree to move in this > >direction. > > > >Rather than "trunk" in the root, we have three separate trees: > > > >stable similar to even-numbered versions of Linux, this tree > > would contain stable code intended for production use > > and operates with a focus on stability (i.e. well > > documented stable APIs, backward compatibility, no > > SNAPSHOT dependencies etc.) > > There will be multiple branches as needed. > > > >unstable similar to odd-numbered versions this is where new > > development is done and APIs etc. are much more > > likely to change. We may still do releases from here > > but they are quite likely to be incompatible; it may > > be all we package from here are nightlies. > > > >sandbox as now, a free-for-all area for trying out new ideas > > and experimenting with new technologies > > > >Given the size of the codebase, we need to preserve the module > >structure that we have in the current trunk. However, even now some > >modules are more stable than others (e.g. the transaction and > >connector ones Thierry is looking to use) and I think are in a > >position where they can be versioned separately. > > > >With the structure above in place, we can move modules into the > >stable or unstable trees as appropriate. For those that we consider > >stable (e.g. transaction) we can cut numbered releases that people > >can use standalone. > > > >This will also speed the unstable build as we won't need to check > >SNAPSHOTs for everything all the time. > > > >I would suggest we start on this as part of packaging for M4 and > >would be willing to co-ordinate. > > > >-- > >Jeremy > > > > > > -- > Geir Magnusson Jr +1-203-665-6437 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
