On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 1:27 AM Mukul Gandhi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > Xalan-J's repos is at > https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/xalan-java.git. I've questions about > its branches 'xalan-j_2_7_1_maint' & 'master'. > > Following is what I know currently (please correct me, if I'm wrong), > about above two mentioned Xalan branches, > 1) The branch 'xalan-j_2_7_1_maint', is our latest development branch > requiring JDK min 1.5 level. Xalan-J 2.7.3 would be released from this > branch. > Yes, that's my recollection from doing the 2.7.2 release. 2) The 'master' branch requires JDK min 1.3 level. > The build.xml should say so I hope. > > Would we ignore the 'master' branch for all practical purposes (its just > there, for legacy reasons)? If 'master' branch is still important to us, > for what purpose its important, and are there any principles by which the > branches 'xalan-j_2_7_1_maint' & 'master' should be kept in sync, for e.g > do we first develop on branch 'xalan-j_2_7_1_maint', and then migrate > changes on it to the 'master' branch (if yes, why migrating changes from > branch 'xalan-j_2_7_1_maint' to 'master' is important)? > I asked these kinds of questions many moons ago but there were no answer that I can recall. I did the best I can at the time to release 2.7.2 but it was painful. Luckily, there are still instructions laying around that are helpful. Gary > > > > > -- > Regards, > Mukul Gandhi >
