[Opensim-users] [Opensim-dev] new release system - 0.6.4

[Sean Dague]

FredoChaplin wrote:
> Hi Stefan,
> 
> The tagging of 0.6.4-release is traditional in OS, and thanks for that.
> 
> But, according to the recent bloody war after April 1st, it appears clearly that maybe too many peoples are following the trunk builds.
> 
> Upgrading from tagged release to tagged release would be safer for people willing to keep safe. But including the release number in the tag, plus maybe a post release tag for patched release, and so on is not really an easy way to make the deal.
> 
> Wouldn't be easier to provide an alias tag called "stable" or "prod" or "recommended", following the latest most recommended build ? With the additionnal advantage not to be obliged to adjust scripts with the release number.

As this is specifically alpha still, I don't think any of those tag
names are appropriately cautious enough, lest someone misinterpret those.

I think having releases and trunk is the right way to go about it.
There are ways to retarget an svn tree, and if someone wants to make
scripts that do that for users, that's cool.  But I don't think we
should make the release process have more steps, or have tag names
moving out from under people, as that's likely to just cause new issues.

	-Sean

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Sean Dague / Neas Bade
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