On 4/10/07, Derek Wright <drupal@dwwright.net> wrote:
compatible with HEAD (no nightly builds, because there is no 6 tag yet, but get it through CVS or the Browse CVS link.
FYI: you don't need a DRUPAL-6 branch to make a development snapshot release that's compatible with 6.x core. just make a release node and use "HEAD" as the CVS branch, set it to "6.x" core compatibility,
This is where the problem is. I don't have 6.x listed. I only see None, 5.x, 4.7.x, and 4.6.x only in the select box. So, I can't select 6.x. and give it a major number of "1", a patch level of "x", and an extra
identifier as "dev". viola, a 6.x-1.x-dev development snapshot from HEAD. then, whenever you make the DRUPAL-6 branch, you can just edit this release node and you'll now have the option to move the CVS branch from HEAD to DRUPAL-6. no, you don't need any special permissions on d.o for this -- anyone who can edit the release node can move it from HEAD if there's now a CVS branch that doesn't have a release node but that specifies the same version information. after that "HEAD" will again be an available choice when creating new release nodes, e.g. for the initial 7.x port, or as a 6.x-2.* new feature series.
so long as you give the HEAD release node a version number that *could* someday be its own branch (i.e. major number >= 1), you can always move a HEAD release node to the appropriate branch once that exists. see http://drupal.org/node/89699 for more.
someone should really update http://drupal.org/node/17570#HEAD with this wisdom. any volunteers? ;)\
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