[Digikam-devel] Creating 0.9.0 branch ?

[Tom Albers]

Op donderdag 17 november 2005 08:33, schreef 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.

I dont agree. The imlib2 replacement is a very big change, which should be 
released seperately in the 0.9.0 version. 

For almost half a year we can not develop new code because of the upcomming 
release, so I want 0.8.1 to at least be free to commit some new features to 
which will be difficult to do when 0.9.0 has changed a lot already. 

So, I prefer a branch for 0.8.x serie and trunk for 0.9.0 and backport 
bugfixes. I would prefer if someone stood up in this room who is willing to 
do that.

I do not see any relation between your two computers, the two projects you are 
working on and the two branches. In other words using trunk / branch or 
branch / trunk does not make a difference in this mess..

Tom
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