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[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 20/08/2019 21:10, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
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> On 20/08/2019 00:00, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>>>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com> writes:
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>> Hi,
>>
>>  > "we only show the highest release" -> release-monitoring.org doesn't
>>  > have the notion of "stable branches" from upstream or anything like
>>  > that. It even considers -rc versions to be more recent than a regular
>>  > official release.
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>>  > But I see your point that anyway release-monitoring.org is only very
>>  > partially helping to track whether we need to update for security
>>  > reasons. A CVE-related tracking tool (such as what Matt Weber was
>>  > working on back then) would be better suited for this task.
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>>  > If you agree with this, then perhaps the autobuild.b.o/stats/ page, and
>>  > the corresponding JSON output, should be generated based on the next
>>  > branch rather than the master branch.
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>> Presumably only if next exists (and then we have to remember to delete
>> it as soon as we merge it into master and not just let it linger until
>> the next release)?
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>  That would be a good idea anyway. I've known people to be confused by the
> lingering next branch.

 Or perhaps it's a better idea to reverse the logic: on -rc1, create the stable
branch already, and treat master as next. IOW, avoid creating a next at all.

 But then we should probably also update the branches info for the autobuilders
to make sure the stable branch gets sufficient testing.

 Regards,
 Arnout

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>>  > Should I go ahead and make the change ?
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>> It sounds sensible to me, yes.
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>  +1
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>  Regards,
>  Arnout
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