On 02/01/2012 12:30 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: > > [SNIP] > > Stefano Lattarini skrev 2012-02-01 11:29: > >> Keeping maint and branch-1.11 very close was the plan initially, but we >> (and I think it was you who pressed for this ;-) decided that the MSVC >> stuff was better to be published in the 1.11.x line (although disabled >> by default), rather than left as "vaporware" in master only. I still >> think that was a good decision, all in all. > > Yes, I know I'm not innocent. But you are not either, > Oh, absolutely not! And I didn't intend to claim that; sorry if I gave the impression of placing all the blame on you.
> you were the one pressing for hiding the warning making the msvc branch > unsuitable for maint :-) > I stand by that decision BTW; it was necessary to minimize backward incompatibility, and give the users a decent transition period. > In hindsight, it should probably have been done differently, > that's all. But I still don't know how, given that msvc had already > been merged into master in it's master incantation when the divergence > originated (at least I think it had). > Yes, all of the present mess is the result of an unexpected backport. We should try to be more careful with those in the future. Still, I believe that moving branch-1.11 to maint is a sane and good move. I will proceed to do so after I've finished the 1.11.3 release process, unless you (or Jim) strongly objects. Regards, Stefano
