Next focus: PROCESS

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Hello all,


Walter and I have had a long discussion following his trip to Australia. 
Following the current sprint for Win64 (which we all, I think, agree was 
long overdue and had to be done), the main area we need to work on (as 
I'm sure many would agree) is improving our process, in particular the 
approach to releasing the compiler and standard library.

Walter has delegated me to lead this effort, and agreed to obey with 
whatever process comes forward as long as it's reasonably clear and simple.

In turn, I'll be collecting thoughts and opinions in this thread, 
distilled from previous discussions. We should develop a few simple git 
scripts (such as git-start-new-feature or git-start-bugfix etc) 
supported by an equally simple piece of documentation describing how to 
start a new release, fix a bug, experiment with a new feature, and such.

(One piece that has been brought forward is 
http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/ - something to 
keep in mind.)

Please chime in with ideas and thoughts.


Thanks,

Andrei