[asterisk-dev] Asterisk 1.8/12 build system changes

[Russell Bryant]

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Matthew Jordan <mjordan at digium.com> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> As you know, 1.8 and 12 are in security fix only mode. Generally, that
> would normally mean that releases made from those branches would only
> ever be made from the previous tag, ensuring that the only changes in
> the versions are specific to the security issues being resolved.
>
> However, since we've moved to Git, there are a few things that needed
> to be merged into those branches for them to be useful. That includes
> a minimum amount of Git support (.gitignore files, for example). More
> generally, that also included menuselect, as those branches previously
> relied on svn:externals to pull menuselect in.
>
> That begs the question: the next time we make a release of 1.8/12 for
> security reasons, what is the release? And what should it be called?
>
> I can see a few different options:
>
> * The next release is 1.8.32.4/12.8.3, but is made from the branch and
> contains the menuselect/git changes.
>
> * We make a special, one-time only, bug fix release of 1.8/12
> containing the menuselect/git changes, with a note of why it was made.
> Those releases would go out as 1.8.33.0 and 12.9.0.
>
> * We don't make a special bug-fix release, but instead the next
> security release is made as 1.8.33.0/12.9.0 and contains both the
> menuselect/Git changes as well as the security release changes.
>
> Note that in any of the cases mentioned above, the UPGRADE notes will
> clearly state what has changed in the version, including the
> menuselect alterations.
>
> Thoughts? Suggestions? Flames?
>

The .gitignore and .gitreview files seem like a non-issue.  They're hidden
files that should be ignored by anyone consuming the release.

The menuselect import also seems like a non-issue from a release
perspective.  While it's very different from a source management
perspective, the actual release deliverable shouldn't look any different.
 menuselect is in the tarball just like it was before.  Or am I missing
something?

-- 
Russell Bryant
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