From 450666b9d28d67895745ec488843388cbde2298c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Morris Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:27:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update. --- admin/notes/BRANCH | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/admin/notes/BRANCH b/admin/notes/BRANCH index 2c343e53f15..863d86a1ed9 100644 --- a/admin/notes/BRANCH +++ b/admin/notes/BRANCH @@ -2,17 +2,29 @@ This file describes the CVS branch in which it is maintained. Everything below the line is branch-specific. ________________________________________________________________________ -This is the "HEAD" branch, otherwise known as the "trunk". Its primary -purpose is to accumulate changes that are not yet partitioned into a -specific (versioned) release. When people say "use CVS emacs", this is -the branch they are talking about. Likewise, a "cvs checkout" without -the "-r" option results in this branch. +This is the trunk (sometimes mistakenly called "HEAD"). +When people say "use CVS emacs", this is the branch they are talking +about. Likewise, a "cvs checkout" without the "-r" option results in +this branch. -The plans for this branch are not specified; Emacs hackers add to it -relatively free of constraint (aside from proper legal / accounting -practices), although sometimes there is related discussion on the -emacs-devel mailing list. +Emacs development takes place on the trunk. Most of the time, Emacs +hackers add to it relatively free of constraint (aside from proper +legal / accounting practices), although sometimes there is related +discussion on the emacs-devel mailing list. -The closure process for this branch is undocumented; concepts such as -"freeze", "release", or "integration with the trunk" are not applicable -to this branch. +Sometime before the release of a new major version of Emacs (eg 22.1), +a "feature freeze" is imposed on the trunk. No new features may be +added after this point. This is usually many months before the release. +During this time, there is no official place for development of new features. + +Shortly before the release, a release branch is created. For example, +EMACS_22_BASE or EMACS_21_1_RC for Emacs 22.x and 21.x, respectively. +(Unfortunately the naming scheme has not always been consistent.) + +The release branch is used to make the release (22.1), and all later +members of the series (22.2, 22.3, etc). Generally, only bug-fixes have +been allowed in the minor releases, although in 22.x, self-contained +new features were allowed on a case-by-case basis. + +From the point that a release branch is created, the trunk is free for +development for the next major version. -- 2.39.5