DELAYED: GDB 6.7 branch creation scheduled June 25th

[Stan Shebs]

Nick Roberts wrote:
>  > > These facts suggest to me that it's best to delay the branch, possibly by a
>  > > month or two, not backdate it.
>  > 
>  > As far as I am concerned, the fact that we use backdating is unrelated
>  > to where we decide the branchpoint to be. I like backdating, because
>  > it allows me to put the head in maintenance mode for a couple of days
>  > while I work on the branch.
>
> You've lost me.  I thought the branchpoint is where the branch was cut.
>   
It is, but the branchpoint can just as easily be a past revision as the 
current head. There's a lot to be said for branching from the 
best-working version of the past week for instance, rather than from 
whatever randomness is currently at the head of the trunk.

Stan