Re: [AUCTeX] Preparing new AUCTeX version and comments about more frequent releases

[Mosè Giordano]

Hi Davide,

2017-07-22 2:55 GMT+02:00 Davide G. M. Salvetti <address@hidden>:
>>>>>>  MG == Mosè Giordano [2017-7-21]
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> MG> We have the Debian maintainer reading us :-)  Davide, do you think
> MG> you'd be able in the future to prepare the Debian package from a git
> MG> tag or an ELPA package?
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> Hi everybody,
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> in the long run I could use both, but ATM the most straightforward way
> for me would be to package from a git tag, especially if I could use
> git archive to get a orig.tar.gz.
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> Apart from packaging, I think that AUCTeX users would benefit from
> having clearly marked stable releases.  What about using some branching
> git workflow like using the master branch to track stable releases and a
> next branch to develop new features until they are deemed stable enough
> to be included in master?

I'm not sure this workflow would work for a program with few people
using the git version.  I guess this is the case for AUCTeX, but I
don't numbers to back up this assumption.

Ok, we'll return on this topic later.

Bye,
Mosè