2015-10-29 0:42 GMT+02:00 Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>: > > All, > > Many years ago, we switched all release branches to RTC primarily to > address a community problem where we could not agree on the best way > forward for some parts of the code. > > RTC served us well. The disagreements ceased pretty much instantly. > However, RTC also slowed us down. > > The development of 7.0.x started as CTR with a possibility of switching > to RTC if necessary. It never was. We chose not to switch 7.0.x to RTC > because the community issues that made RTC necessary had been solved and > RTC added unnecessary overhead and delay. 8.0.x and now 9.0.x progressed > the same way. Today, only 6.0.x is RTC. > > I believe the use of RTC for 6.0.x is causing more harm than good. There > are fixes I don't propose for backport to 6.0.x because of the extra > hassle RTC introduces. I suspect others take a similar approach judging > on the number of fixes that don't make it back to 6.0.x. > > I would therefore like to propose that we switch the 6.0.x release > branch from RTC to CTR and am therefore calling a VOTE to make this change. > > [ ] Continue to use RTC for 6.0.x > [X] Switch 6.0.x to CTR
Regards, Violeta > Thanks, > > Mark > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org >
