From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Re: Org-mode release 7.01 Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:45:35 +0200 Message-ID: <365F4BF5-66DD-4215-9DA8-0DB5790C54BA@gmail.com> References: <4EED441F-C7A5-43DD-A3C1-3BF478BAAFD2@gmail.com> <0vmxtnpf4i.fsf@gmail.com> <87tynv1ido.fsf@gmx.net> <0viq4bpdo6.fsf@gmail.com> <87lj97fi0l.fsf@gmx.net> <0veiezpbik.fsf@gmail.com> <4C449BB6.4090508@ccbr.umn.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=46400 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OavLR-0000P6-GE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:45:43 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OavLQ-00037h-82 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:45:41 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41]:46405) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OavLQ-00037U-22 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:45:40 -0400 Received: by ewy28 with SMTP id 28so1597280ewy.0 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:45:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C449BB6.4090508@ccbr.umn.edu> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Erik Iverson Cc: Markus Heller , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Jul 19, 2010, at 8:38 PM, Erik Iverson wrote: > >> I assumed I had to switch to the maint branch in order to get the >> 7.01 >> release. How could I have done this while staying on the master >> branch? > > Basically, as long as you're on master, you'll always have the > latest and greatest, which may or may not be what you want. > > At certain times, including in the past few days, 'master' is deemed > release-worthy, and a stable release is produced. However, > development goes on in the master branch. > > The maint branch was created so that small bugs in the latest > release could be fixed and updated, without having to include > whatever major developments might have happened on master in the > mean time. The main reason for making releases at all are - to produce a fall-back if the current master does not work for you because it is buggy. This happen only rarely here and only for short times. - To give alternative distributions like the Debian package a point of reference, a signal that this state of Org is reasonably well tested and stable. Kind regards - Carsten