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Re: Release branch maintenance
- From: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- To: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Adam Conrad <adconrad at 0c3 dot net>, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux dot org>, "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>, Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>, "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at redhat dot com>, libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 10:04:46 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: Release branch maintenance
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Even if distro maintainers don't literally use the release branches, they
are still the mechanism we have for public collaboration among distro
maintainers to reach consensus on which fixes are good material for a
stable branch. This is a benefit to the whole community.