[asterisk-dev] merge policies, supported branches, API/ABI freeze (was Re: Asterisk 1.6 Release Management Proposal)

[Kevin P. Fleming]

Tzafrir Cohen wrote:

> 1.6.9 probably has its share of bug fixes to 1.6.8, but more of 1.6.8's
> bugs are known by now.
> 
> And imagine this being asked by someone who doesn't follow Asterisk's
> developement full time and reads every message in asterisk-dev .
> 
> And if users start answering that with "1.6.8.0", is this considered a
> problem?

Not at all; this exactly the model being followed by the Linux kernel
team and community, and it allows distributors to pick a baseline
version and then backport bugfixes that they are willing to support into
their own packages without having to accept the new features or other
more invasive changes that are present in the newer releases.

-- 
Kevin P. Fleming
Director of Software Technologies
Digium, Inc. - "The Genuine Asterisk Experience" (TM)