On Thursday, November 29, 2012 02:13:10 deadalnix wrote: > On Thursday, 29 November 2012 at 01:06:15 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote: > > I think ultimately, as Walter has said, nothing is going to > > change > > unless somebody steps up to the plate and champions the effort > > to make a > > stable branch. Writing up proposals, specs, and other docs are > > good in > > theory, but won't accomplish a thing if nobody actually *does* > > anything > > about it. I think 1100110 has stepped up to make a stable > > branch; let's > > work with him to make it actually happen. > > I'm sorry, but I don't see how a champion can prevent stuff to be > dropped directly into master, unless going to some extreme and > sequestrate people, which is illegal in most countries.
Since master will almost certainly be the development branch, I don't see how that's a problem. The stable branch will be a separate branch, and whoever is managing the stable branch will merge stuff from the master branch into it. Granted, major stuff like 64-bit Windows support and UDAs should probably be introduced on branches separate from master, and it's still a problem if they're not, but it won't affect the stable branch if they're not. - Jonathan M Davis