On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 09:19:45AM +0000, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> We have maint branches in the git repositories for FEniCS projects,
> but we have not been consistent in using them. ‘maint’ branches have
> obvious benefits, but for me personally the extra administrative
> burden and development complexity is too much. I’d prefer to get
> fixes out sooner via more frequent releases. To get things sorted
> out, I think we need (a) someone who is willing to maintain the
> ‘maint’ branches (cherry pick fixes from master); or (b) we remove
> the maint branches. Thoughts?

I suggest (b) and think we should strive for more frequent releases,
minimize maintenance overhead (merging UFC into FFC for a start) and
keep the buildbots green at all times so that master is 99% safe to
use by everyone.

--
Anders
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