[dmd-beta] beta branch name

Andrew Edwards edwards.ac at gmail.com
Thu Jan 23 09:50:27 PST 2014


On 1/23/14, 12:29 PM, Brad Roberts wrote:
> When did the beta branch switch from '2.065' to 'release' and why? 
> What's going to happen post 2.065 when it's time for 2.066?  And when 
> 2.065 needs a critical bug fix release?
>
Yes it did. Once 2.065 is released, the branch will be merged back into 
master and then deleted. When it's time to prepare 2.066, a new release 
branch will be created. See 
http://wiki.dlang.org/Simplified_Release_Process_Proposal for additional 
information.
> Per-release branches makes a lot more sense from a patch management 
> standpoint.  It's also meant that the auto-tester hasn't been testing 
> the new 'release' branch because I didn't know it existed or needed 
> testing.
>
Please add it.

Thanks,
Andrew


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