On Jun 22, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Eli Bendersky wrote:
I may be missing something, but do we have a policy of what we're supposed to commit to the 2.7 branch at this point? I was under the impression that it's only bug fixes, documentation, and maybe tests. But it seems that there are developers who see it otherwise.
Strongly agree. One additional allowed category of changes are build system fixes, e.g. so that 2.7 can still be built on newer versions of operating systems it already supports.
It would be great if we could document this somewhere - the 2.7 branch is not a usual bugfix-mode branch, I realize, and hence maybe there's some special treatment it deserves.
IMO, Benjamin being the 2.7 RM has ultimate[1] say in the matter. I'm very glad he's conservative in what he allows in the branch.
-Barry
[1] Well, maybe penultimate, but I wouldn't mind seeing the Mercurial equivalent of a wrastlin' match between him and the BDFL. :)