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Re: fixing bug in multiple releases

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:23:31 -0400

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 15:14, Vikrama Sanjeeva <viki.sanjeeva_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>    Suppose I have total 6 releases in /tag which are considered as stable
> releases. Now if, at 6th release we realize that there is a "bug" which
> should be fixed in all previous releases then what should be the strategy ?
> Is there any way in SVN which allows to fix bug in all releases "at-a-time"
> ?

Most release strategies don't "slipstream" bug fixes into previous
versions. That is, one wouldn't normally backport a fix to the
previous 6 releases, just release a new release N+1 which fixes it and
inform people using the older versions to upgrade.

Otherwise, version 1.2 from last week is not the same as version 1.2
this week. A lot of confusion would result.
Received on 2010-04-19 21:24:19 CEST

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