[O] Purpose of and documentation for the next branch (was: Re: Branch "next" garbled)

[Adrian Bradd]

Not 5 minutes later did I find this in another thread:

> > Also, I'd like to avoid making changes to "master" branch. It 
> > should be
> > considered frozen while we're waiting for Org 9.2. Please 
> > install next
> > new features (that one is OK, I guess) in "next" branch, and 
> > rebase it
> > on top of "master".

So the next branch is a temporary replacement for master while 
master is frozen awaiting a release?

> It might be worth the effort to document the role of the "next" 
> branch somewhere.

Perhaps on the worg developer page?

Adrian Bradd <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> > To prevent further complications with this branch, I suggest to 
> > treat is
> > like master and master like maint. I.e., every commit done in 
> > master is
> > duplicated into next so that final merge is easier.
>
> Sorry if this is obvious, but what is the next branch?
>
> This is the first I have heard of it (not that my org-fu is all 
> that comprehensive). I took a look around but I couldn't find 
> any 
> details about it in the mail archives. Granted I wasn't 
> expecting 
> much from a search that included the phrase "next branch". It 
> isn't mentioned on worg in the developers section either 
> (https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/index.html).
>
> Cheers,

Cheers,

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Adrian Bradd