Re: iptables branch management

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Am 05.09.2011 19:54, schrieb Pablo Neira Ayuso:
> Hi Jan,
> 
> On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 04:20:13PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>> Hei
>>
>> I would like to propose a "stable" branch that would be rooted 
>> in the most recent tag and only receive fixes. Furtheremore, 
>> the branch is merged time and again into master, so that the 
>> fix is available in both without cherry-pick. 1.4.12.x releases be made 
>> from stable, and 1.4.y from master.
>> How about it?
> 
> Hm, I remember that we had this discussion before.
> 
> I think it's probably too much overhead for it, looking at how other
> similar net-tools are maintained, the amount of contributions that
> er receive and amount of changes that get into every version.

I also think this is probably overkill, what's wrong with simply
creating stable branches on demand if there are important fixes
that require a new release?
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