Yes, I would create a release tag on the branch. Am 5. März 2012 17:36 schrieb Alessandro Adamou <[email protected]>: > We're still gonna get a svn tag for the release anyhow, right? > > > > On 3/5/12 5:29 PM, Rupert Westenthaler wrote: >> >> On 05.03.2012, at 15:26, Fabian Christ wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I would like to create a release candidate for a first source release >>> of Stanbol. >>> >>> As some components can not be released because they are not stable or >>> have some license issues, I am thinking about creating a branch and >>> doing the release from that branch. Otherwise we have to remove every >>> component that is not releasable for any reason from the default build >>> process. >>> >> A release branch sounds reasonable to me. >> >>> Either we keep the trunk releasable and move everything else into >>> another Maven profile or we have to work with branches to make >>> required changes and remove stuff that should not be released. >>> >> I would rather like to "remove" some existing Maven profiles as they >> create some duplications (e.g. compare the pom.xml of the enhancer >> and the stanbol reactor pom.xml). >> >>> Another problem: For a release all components need to get fixed >>> versions (without SNAPSHOT). For a big source release we can not use >>> the Maven release plugin for this. I have to set the versions by hand. >>> If we do a release from trunk, we need something like a code freeze. >>> By releasing from a branch people could keep working on the trunk. >>> >>> What should we do? >> >> +1 for branch because I do not like the alternatives. >> >>> Best, >>> - Fabian >>> >>> -- >>> Fabian >>> http://twitter.com/fctwitt >> >> > > > -- > M.Sc. Alessandro Adamou > > Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna > Department of Computer Science > Mura Anteo Zamboni 7, 40127 Bologna - Italy > > Semantic Technology Laboratory (STLab) > Institute for Cognitive Science and Technology (ISTC) > National Research Council (CNR) > Via Nomentana 56, 00161 Rome - Italy > > > "As for the charges against me, I am unconcerned. I am beyond their timid, > lying morality, and so I am beyond caring." > (Col. Walter E. Kurtz) > > Not sent from my iSnobTechDevice >
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