[Digikam-devel] Improtant : creating 0.9.0 branch ?

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi all,

We have already discuted about future svn branch to use on the future, 
especially to use :

- '/trunk/extragear/graphics/digikam/' for future unstable 0.9.0 serie
- '/tags/digikam' for stable serie
- '/branches/digikam' unused.

Fix me if something is wrong here...

But, I have a _MAJOR_ problem on my computer_S_. I use 2 computers to develop 
digikam &co. 

- My laptop.
- My office computer.

The are large source code repository to sync between these computer, with 3 
branchs : 

- current (svn)
- 0.8.1 (unstable using image properties sidebar and RAW file support)
- 0.9.0 (unstable like 0.8.1 + Dimage implementation instead imlib2)

This situation is very complex and infernal to manage. I can't continue to 
work like this without _LOST_ any codes somewhere !!!

To clean up future digikam developement (and my computers (:=)))), I propose 
to create a new 0.9.0 branch (and only one) in svn with only my unstable 
0.9.0 implementation and forget definitivly my 0.8.1 implementation for the 
future. This is want mean that image properties sidebar and raw files support 
on IE will coming only with 0.9.0 release ! 0.8.x will staying on trunk and 
only bugs fix will be commited into.

Yes, Tom, this is want mean too that we reproduce the 0.7.x -> 0.8.x branchs 
way, and especially the branch merging when we will moving 0.9.0 branch to 
trunk. 

To resume my idea :

- '/trunk/extragear/graphics/digikam/' == 0.8.x serie with bugfix.
- '/tags/digikam' == only tagging releases.
- '/branches/digikam' == 0.9.0 unstable.

If you have a better solution, please let's me hear.
-- 
Gilles Caulier