Re: Discussion notes on releases and branches

[Felix Lechner]

Hi Andreas,

On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 4:20 AM Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> wrote:
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> [excerpt from the attachment follows]
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> - Smaller branches could be taken care of by dedicated persons
> [...]
> - Branch creators should fix a goal and tentative timeline.
> - We need a mapping between branches and maintainers responsible
>   for the merge.

Instead of dividing similar tasks among many people with different
priorities, I would appoint a "feature branch manager" (or perhaps,
chief pruner).

That person's job would be to keep an eye on the number of feature
branches on Savannah so they do not grow stale, or out of control.

Kind regards
Felix Lechner