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Re: [linuxtools-dev] Builds for Helios maintenance and Indigo
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> Hi,
>
> I've restarted our Hudson jobs. We have two active ones:
>
> https://build.eclipse.org/hudson/job/cbi-linuxtools-Helios/
> (builds towards Helios service releases)
>
> https://build.eclipse.org/hudson/job/cbi-linuxtools-Indigo/
> (builds towards our Indigo contribution)
>
> They both run every 6 hours if SVN has changed. For Helios, this means
> that <component>/branches/0.6.0 must have changed to trigger a build.
> For builds towards Indigo, it's trunk that must have changed.
>
> Corresponding update sites are:
>
> http://download.eclipse.org/technology/linuxtools/updates-nightly-helios/
> (builds towards Helios service releases)
>
> http://download.eclipse.org/technology/linuxtools/updates-nightly
> (builds towards our Indigo contribution)
>
> The question now is what we do for Helios service releases. We have a
> few options:
>
> 1. Release 0.6.1 as a part of Helios SR1 (late September)
> 2. Release 0.6.1 into our own update site sooner than September (we
> don't have to do a release review if it's bug-fix-only so we can do
> this soon)
I really want to see 0.6.1 released soon for eclipse-build which missed Helios
release date. Not sure whether this automatically means that our SR1 release
should be versioned 0.7.0.
Alex
>
> If we choose 2. we have more options:
>
> 3. Release 0.6.1 (or maybe even 0.6.2 by then) into Helios SR1
> 4. Release 0.7.0 into Helios SR1
>
> Option 4. is interesting. It's definitely not the "norm" to do minor
> (remember major.minor.micro) releases mid-"stream" but it's happened
> before to increase adoption. I think we definitely have a case for
> doing this and EGit is planning on doing something similar for SR1.
> This kind of release may add new features, change APIs, etc.
>
> What do people want to do? I'm all for maintaining fewer branches. If
> we don't start using Indigo features and have enough new stuff to
> justify a 0.6.x -> 0.7.x jump, I'm fine with releasing 0.7.0 from trunk
> into Helios SR1.
>
> Opinions very much appreciated.
>
> Andrew
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