[tei-council] next release

[James Cummings]

Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
> James Cummings wrote:
>>
>> What is the difference between doing this and simply having the 
>> current system of SVN for development branch and occasional stable 
>> releases?  
> because, as I keep saying, you cannot then separate out a definitely 
> harmless release
> from a potentially impactful one, because you do both typo correction 
> and feature
> adding intertwingled

Yes, and?  Since we are supposed to not be making changes that break existing 
document instances, then we make both typo corrections and impactful ones with 
equanimity and then release only occasionally. (I favour every 6 months.)

> the extra involved in branching is absolutely minimal, if you're prepared
> to work in a disciplined way.

You'll have to give us a refresher course.

> see above, "disciplined working". Subversion is not a magic wand with which
> you can say "sort out all the stuff I did in the last few months, 
> somehow". It has
> very precise tools to compare two versions of a tree and merge the 
> differences.

See above.  I've always had to hand edit comparing the changes when it lumps 
them together in a single document...obviously I'm doing it wrong.

> I'm fine with that too, if its the preference, 6 monthly releases 
> full-stop.

Well, I'm generally in favour of doing what is best for us, rather than what is 
easiest -- so if you think branching is best then I'd like more explanation I guess.

-James
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Dr James Cummings, Oxford Text Archive, University of Oxford
James dot Cummings at oucs dot ox dot ac dot uk