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Re: diagnostics-branch merged into mainline
You do not have to make an announcement, but people generally have
asked for a freeze around a major merge so that problems from the new
functionality can be pinpointed and merge conflicts can be avoided.
David
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Aldy Hernandez<aldyh@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 01:51:42AM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>> Aldy Hernandez wrote:
>> > Hi folks.
>> >
>> > At the last minute Ian got a patch in that touched a bunch of places
>> > that I was also changing. ?I resolved the conflicts, and bootstrapped
>> > and tested for C and C++. ?Unfortunately, people kept committing stuff
>> > that caused conflicts, so I broke down and committed after a minor C/C++
>> > bootstrap.
>>
>> ? Did you tell anyone that you were merging a branch to mainline? ?I honestly
>> didn't see an announcement. ?(Is there any reason why you shouldn't have
>> requested a freeze?)
>
> The branch was approved by a GWP, I didn't know you needed to make a
> special announcement.
>
> I will be fixing any regressions shortly.
>