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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 01:33:29PM +0100, Johan Jansson wrote:
> I've created a branch of DOLFIN called DOLFIN-stable. Since every
> repository (every time you clone for example) is also a branch, this
> is nothing dramatic. The only difference is that this branch is
> publically available in the same way as DOLFIN is.
> 
> The purpose of this branch is to keep the kernel stable. The only
> kernel changes allowed are backports of bugfixes and possibly
> important overlooked functionality from the DOLFIN
> repository.
> 
> However, module changes are allowed as before. Kernel development is
> supposed to happen in the DOLFIN repository (where applications need
> to be stable to test the kernel) and application development is
> supposed to happen in the DOLFIN-stable repository (where the kernel
> needs to be stable to test the application).
> 
> At regular intervals (at least at DOLFIN releases), the DOLFIN and
> DOLFIN-stable branches will be merged. Thus the DOLFIN and
> DOLFIN-stable branches will be equivalent at the time of every
> release.

Who does the merge?

The maintainer of dolfin or the maintainer(s) of dolfin-dev?

And who maintains what? Jansson maintains dolfin-stable. Garth/me
maintains dolfin?

/Anders

> If the modules/applications are eventually detached into a separate
> repository, then the dual purpose of DOLFIN-stable might not be
> necessary any more.
> 
>   Johan
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