[ros-dev] Freeze the trunk and release

[Ged Murphy]

Brandon Turner wrote:
> He then said that he didnt think it was quite ready for a release yet 
> and didnt want it to fall around Christmas time(because people get 
> busy I'm guessing).  

But one of the main processes in releasing is stabalising the branch. 
These fixes are also committed to HEAD.
Although there are quite a few bugs now they will all be removed before 
the final release following our method of Feature Freeze, Code Freeze, 
Release.
The Wiki states that the code will not be released until it's ready, 
thus if we branch now, we don't finalise until the TC is happy all the 
bugs are fixed, even if that takes a month.

Having a trunk freeze and then doing a branch (with the corresponding 
freezes) seems to be defeating the object of doing the branch.

I thought we decided on 'branch every 2 months, whatever the state of 
HEAD'.  But I can't seem to find anything in the wiki.

> So... where this all stands I don't know.  Maybe even skip this one 
> and do 0.2.9 in 3 more months and maybe that time it will be 0.3.0?

Waiting 3 more months goes against the unwritten 'release every few 
months' statement.

Can a few other people chip in with their thoughts?