[mythtv-users] When is .20 coming?

[Phill Wiggin]

> > So, to those that are knowledgeable, my question is 2-fold:
> >
> > 1) When anticipating a release, what should we look at on trac? (The #
> > of open tickets on the milestone that's releasing?)
>
> Yes
>
> > 2) How does SVN Head fit in with the milestones listed in trac? (I
> > assume this is a standard practice when using svn, and if someone
> > knows of a well-written howto/explaination, a link would be greatly
> > appreciated.
>
> SVN Head is the current source code with all patches applied that will
> be released in the next milestone. So tickets set for 0.21 that
> include patches have not been applied. 0.21 ticket patches exist for
> those dev's that wish to track the patches and apply them manually.
> Once 0.20 is released and a 0.20-fixes branch is created
> Isaac/Daniel/etc will begin looking at the tickets slated for 0.21 to
> apply to head (which will eventually, at this point, become 0.21).
> Many times branches to HEAD are created (like Daniels DVB-EIT rewrite
> branch) for large code changes so that specific areas can be worked on
> without affecting other dev's (since many times these changes will
> break the code for "extended" periods of time), and eventually get
> merged back in when they feel its ready for general testing.
>
> Hope this helps!

Thanks Steve, that cleared it right up for me. It's good to know I
wasn't _too_ far off-track. =)

I'm looking forward to all the great stuff in .20. Thanks, devs!

--Phill W.