bug#13578: [IMPORTANT] A new versioning scheme for automake releases, and a new branching scheme for the Git repository

2013-01-29 Thread Daniel Herring
On Mon, 28 Jan 2013, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Feedback, opinions, objections? There was a lot to read, and I confess to not giving it full justice. Others have already extolled the virtues of backwards compatibility. Regarding some "why" questions, here's the manual entry on how versioning

bug#13578: [IMPORTANT] A new versioning scheme for automake releases, and a new branching scheme for the Git repository

2013-01-29 Thread Peter Johansson
Hi Stefano, On 1/29/13 5:48 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Severity: wishlist Recently, the need of a quick bug-fixing release 1.13.2 has shown some issues with the current branching and versioning scheme of Automake. Let's first see some background, to better understand the situation. Given t