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@@ -208,16 +208,19 @@ To make a release of D-Bus, do the following: - post to dbus@lists.freedesktop.org announcing the release. -After making a ".0" stable release +Making a ".0" stable release === -We create a branch for each stable release; sometimes the branch is -not done immediately, instead it's possible to wait until someone has -a not-suitable-for-stable change they want to make and then branch to -allow committing that change. +We create a branch for each stable release. The branch name should be +dbus-X.Y which is a branch that has releases versioned X.Y.Z; +changes on a stable branch should be limited to significant bug fixes. -The branch name should be dbus-X.Y which is a branch that has -releases versioned X.Y.Z +Because we won't make minor changes like keeping up with the latest +deprecations on a stable branch, stable branches should turn off the +gcc warning for deprecated declarations (e.g. see commit 4ebb275ab7). + +Be extra-careful not to merge master (or any branch based on master) into a +stable branch. To branch: git branch dbus-X.Y |