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| author | Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> | 2021-02-13 13:16:18 -0500 |
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| committer | Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> | 2021-02-13 13:19:15 -0500 |
| commit | 58853df8f695b77f41ab6e1969fda2c20fd7f816 (patch) | |
| tree | 8f8a344e31b25ed03baaf9c766aa28295132a934 /doc | |
| parent | 2a498e9504dfa58bdc08d88f1975c8f571d4db37 (diff) | |
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doc: Try again to the improve the branching workflow.
This is a followup to commit 175bea0ca42dba3e02109820efae0cac2804e73b.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Distill the workflow to
its essence.
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 24f5cafe06..3baedb0654 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -1087,11 +1087,11 @@ before they hit users, and to reduce the window during which pre-built binaries are not available. 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. +@code{core-updates} branches, they will be forked and renamed with the +suffix @code{-frozen}, at which time only bug fixes may be pushed to the +frozen branches. The @code{core-updates} and @code{staging} branches +will remain open 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. |