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ecos-v2_0-branch [ was Re: [Fwd: RE: Possible deadlock in serial.c] ]
- From: John Dallaway <jld at ecoscentric dot com>
- To: eCos Maintainers <ecos-maintainers at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 20:01:43 +0100
- Subject: ecos-v2_0-branch [ was Re: [Fwd: RE: Possible deadlock in serial.c] ]
- Organization: eCosCentric Limited
- References: <1053536609.1558.563.camel@hermes> <3ECBBF6A.5080508@eCosCentric.com>
I think the finite time we can devote to "eCos maintainer" activities is
better spent on improving the head (including the processing of contributed
patches) than maintaining a release branch which has now fulfilled its
purpose. I therefore propose that we consider the ecos-v2_0-branch to be
dead.
John Dallaway
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Larmour
Date: Wednesday 21 May 2003 19:03
Subject: Re: [Fwd: RE: Possible deadlock in serial.c]
> Gary Thomas wrote:
> > So, what is the expected policy? I can't see any of us spending
> > tremendous resources trying to keep a release branch up-to-date.
> >
> > Comments?
>
> The branch is tagged with a release tag, so I have no aversion if people
> _want_ to check fixes in.... but my personal opinion is that I can't see
> us doing another release based on the 2.0 branch. If we wanted to do one,
> I would suggest cutting a new branch off the trunk. But there's nothing
> to warrant that for a while yet IMHO.
>
> BTW, sorry I've been well out of the loop recently. I'm still, er,
> preoccupied (as per <http://worf.jifvik.org:9999/gallery/baby>). I'll try
> and get back into things now.
>
> Jifl