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Re: [Xen-users] Question about source branches

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Question about source branches
From: Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 17:40:55 +0000
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> Could someone explain the source branches of the Mercurial repository?
>
> i.e. what is intended for unstable (3.1, 4.0?) -vs- stable -vs- testing?

-unstable is the development for whatever the next major release is.  Right 
now thats 3.0.5.

-testing incorporates the most recent major release + fixes.  Occasionally, 
once the fixes have accumulated, the state of this tree is tagged as a new 
bugfix release.

> I'd like to understand this in general, but I also have two specific
> questions:
>
>    1) Which branch is headed toward 3.05, for instance?
>    2) What is intended for unstable?

Right now unstable is going to be 3.0.5.  Once that's released, -unstable will 
continue to develop and become 3.0.6, etc.

The version numbers vaguely follow the Linux scheme, so for w.x.y-z changes 
in "z" indicate bug fixes, changes in y indicate new features, changes in x 
mean *bigger* new features.  Changes in w have (so far) been used to indicate 
non-backwards-compatible changes in the guest<->Xen API

Cheers,
Mark

-- 
Dave: Just a question. What use is a unicyle with no seat?  And no pedals!
Mark: To answer a question with a question: What use is a skateboard?
Dave: Skateboards have wheels.
Mark: My wheel has a wheel!

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