On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Molle Bestefich wrote: [...]
Ok, maybe there's one. You need a release manager to pick which patches gets in the RC / release.
But there must be a million ways of doing that automatically, besides from having an actual release manager. Script your way out of it. Automatically merge patches with 'bugfix' or 'Release-Ok' in commit text. Automatically merge patches < 100 lines long. Hohum. Whatever. I can think of more, I'm sure you can too.
Ok, so all this amounts to committing patches to a stable branch without review while the branches to the unstable tip would still be reviewed and subject to the approval of Alexandre. Why does this sound contradictory???
I you want a stable branch you need a release manager/committee, you cannot automate that part.