On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Johan Hake <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/06/2013 08:08 AM, Garth N. Wells wrote: >> On 6 March 2013 06:56, Johan Hake <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I suggest we make 1.0.2, and 1.1.1 releases too, but I guess that was >>> already on your mind? >>> >> >> I think we should rationalise this. We want (a) to minimise the amount >> of work and (b) encourage users to update . I wouldn't bother with >> 1.1.1. > > Do you mean 1.1.1 or 1.0.2 or both? Then why do we bother backporting > bug fixes to these branches? I think as long as we do that we need to > release them too.
Agree. I will make the following releases: 1.2.x: DOLFIN 1.2.0 FFC 1.2.0 Instant 1.2.0 UFC 2.2.0 UFL 1.2.0 1.1.x: DOLFIN 1.1.1 UFC 2.1.1 1.0.x: UFC 2.0.7 Johannes > This is not sustainable as it can quickly grow out of hands, so we need > to stop backporting at some stage. I suggest we stop backporting to a > branch when there exists a stable branch with a higher number. This mean > we stop backporting to 1.1.x after the 1.2.0 release. If this should > work we also need to make a point release from that branch before it > rendered backporting dead. If we do this we need to update our > development model with a another branch (1.2.x) and a chainsawed (1.1.x) > branch. > > I guess 1.0.x branch is a bit special as it is so tightly connected with > the book, and we therefore need to keep that for a while. That is our > LTS branch in Ubuntu terms. > > Johan > >> Garth >> >>> Johan >>> >>> On 03/05/2013 05:10 PM, Johannes Ring wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> It was suggested earlier today that we make a new release. No one has >>>> objected and I have been appointed as the release manager, so we are >>>> then at step four in the development model [1]. >>>> >>>> Tomorrow, March 6, I will fork the development branches into 1.2.x >>>> branches [2] to prepare for the release of FEniCS 1.2. The buildbot >>>> will then be updated to build the 1.2.x branches, and when it is >>>> green, we can go ahead and make the release. Alternatively, we can >>>> wait one week as suggested by the development model. Development can >>>> of course continue in the development branches, but only bug fixes >>>> will be merged into the 1.2.x branches to be included in the 1.2 >>>> release. >>>> >>>> [1] http://fenicsproject.org/contributing/development_model.html >>>> [2] DOLFIN, FFC, Instant, UFC (2.2.x) and UFL are needed >>>> >>>> Johannes >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~fenics >>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~fenics >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~fenics >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~fenics >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~fenics Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~fenics More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
