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| author | Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> | 2021-02-11 16:11:16 -0500 |
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| committer | Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> | 2021-02-11 16:13:39 -0500 |
| commit | 175bea0ca42dba3e02109820efae0cac2804e73b (patch) | |
| tree | 7c0225b660e758b536f30bcb9797b2b3ede4657e /doc/contributing.texi | |
| parent | 0e3e26ca600a35454480264ad51d73e9fffe6c2b (diff) | |
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doc: Try to improve the branching workflow.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Introduce the use of "-frozen"
branch names.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/contributing.texi')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index f167df067c..24f5cafe06 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -1086,10 +1086,12 @@ everything has been successfully built. This allows us to fix issues before they hit users, and to reduce the window during which pre-built binaries are not available. -Generally, branches other than @code{master} are considered -@emph{frozen} if there has been a recent evaluation, or there is a -corresponding @code{-next} branch. Please ask on the mailing list or -IRC if unsure where to place a patch. +When we decide to start building the @code{staging} or +@code{core-updates} branches, they will be renamed with the suffix +@code{-frozen}, at which time only bug fixes may be pushed to them. At +the same time, a corresponding branch suffixed with @code{-next} will be +created to accept patches for the next cycle. Please ask on the mailing +list or IRC if unsure where to place a patch. @c TODO: It would be good with badges on the website that tracks these @c branches. Or maybe even a status page. |