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| author | Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> | 2018-05-26 15:39:13 +0200 |
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| committer | Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> | 2018-06-16 21:35:24 +0200 |
| commit | 38ab778fbd676fe7f7a84220d0cf7f474573dc2b (patch) | |
| tree | df58f61b5bef1c51f47f6897b30497f76652a7d4 /doc/contributing.texi | |
| parent | f77886c1c5f3c2bf33b78391cea5c4e5b2c05948 (diff) | |
| download | patches-38ab778fbd676fe7f7a84220d0cf7f474573dc2b.tar patches-38ab778fbd676fe7f7a84220d0cf7f474573dc2b.tar.gz | |
doc: Clarify when branches are "frozen".
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Provide a link to Hydra. Add
section about freezing branches.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/contributing.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/contributing.texi | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 205c972aea..ca44b3b0b0 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -407,12 +407,19 @@ changes). This branch is intended to be merged in @code{master} every 2.5 months or so. @end table -All these branches are tracked by our build farm -and merged into @code{master} once +All these branches are @uref{https://hydra.gnu.org/project/gnu, +tracked by our build farm} and merged into @code{master} once 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. +@c TODO: It would be good with badges on the website that tracks these +@c branches. Or maybe even a status page. + @item @cindex determinism, of build processes @cindex reproducible builds, checking |