Re: ecos-v2_0-branch [ was Re: [Fwd: RE: Possible deadlock inserial.c] ]

[Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc dot com>]

On Wed, 2003-05-21 at 13:01, John Dallaway wrote:
> I think the finite time we can devote to "eCos maintainer" activities is 
> better spent on improving the head (including the processing of contributed 
> patches) than maintaining a release branch which has now fulfilled its 
> purpose. I therefore propose that we consider the ecos-v2_0-branch to be 
> dead.

This matches my feelings as well.

I want to thank everyone that worked to get 2.0 so such a release 
could be made.  This, in itself, should be considered a milestone 
in the history of eCos.  Now, on to the future :-)

> 
> John Dallaway
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Larmour
> Date: Wednesday 21 May 2003 19:03
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: RE: Possible deadlock in serial.c]
> 
> > Gary Thomas wrote:
> > > So, what is the expected policy?  I can't see any of us spending
> > > tremendous resources trying to keep a release branch up-to-date.
> > >
> > > Comments?
> >
> > The branch is tagged with a release tag, so I have no aversion if people
> > _want_ to check fixes in.... but my personal opinion is that I can't see
> > us doing another release based on the 2.0 branch. If we wanted to do one,
> > I would suggest cutting a new branch off the trunk. But there's nothing
> > to warrant that for a while yet IMHO.
> >
> > BTW, sorry I've been well out of the loop recently. I'm still, er,
> > preoccupied (as per <http://worf.jifvik.org:9999/gallery/baby>). I'll try
> > and get back into things now.
> >
> > Jifl
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Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
MLB Associates