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[TSVN] Re: release procedure

From: Simon Large <slarge_at_blazepoint.co.uk>
Date: 2005-01-16 18:36:38 CET

SteveKing wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to propose a release procedure for TSVN which might actually
> work. The one we tried first simply can't work reliably because there
> are too few TSVN devs around to get votes for revisions to be
> backported to the release branch (right now, only Simon and I can
                                                    ^^^^^
I think you mean Will. I have some familiarity with TBlame and SubWCRev
but am out of my depth with the shell extension.

> really vote on code changes, and if we require two votes for a
> backport, that would mean a 100% agreement).
>
> So here's my draft for a release procedure:
>
> - about a week before a new release, which can be initiated by any
> dev, we create a branch from /trunk for that release
> - the nightly builds switch from /trunk to that branch so that from
> this time on users can test the release candidate
> - bugs found and fixed during that time are fixed on /trunk, and
> mentioned in a Backport.txt file on the branch
> - the dev who fixed that bug decides himself if it should be
> backportet or not, and if yes merges it to the release branch right
> away - if another dev then objects to that merge (of course always
> with an explanation why) that fix get's undone on the branch. I don't
> think that will happen very often though.
> - after about a week, the release branch get's tagged and released.
>
> Comments?

+1. That seems exactly the right level needed for TSVN releases. Can you
put that procedure in a text file on trunk?

Simon

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