intrigeri wrote (22 Feb 2015 16:33:51 GMT) :
> 1. Tuesday, February 24: Tails 1.3 is out
This happened.
> 2. By Tuesday, February 24, 8pm CET: obsolete branches have been
> deleted from the Git repo
Done.
> (and the process is scripted and
> documented for those who will have to do it again on a regular
> basis).
WIP (on Jurre's plate for 1.3.1) -- the existing PoC needs quite some
heavy lifting to be confidence-inspiring and maintainable.
What follows still seems to be realistic so far:
> 3. At some point between #1 and Wednesday, February 25, noon CET:
> the Git repo is locked (nobody can push to it anymore); once this
> is done, and until we reach #5, any work you do in Git will need
> to be manually forward-ported to the rewritten repo later on (`git
> format-patch' + `git am' may help). That should allow our dear RM
> to get some rest :)
> 4. Thursday, February 26, noon CET: a draft rewritten Git repo is
> force-pushed at least to its primary online location and to one
> public mirror. Hopefully it doesn't need to be rewritten again
> later, and then you folks can start basing new work on it.
> No guarantee, though.
> 5. Friday, February 27, noon CET: everything is back on tracks, and
> documentation is available so that you folks know what needs to be
> done on your side. (Note: said documentation possibly will *not*
> cover problems that you can be avoid by communicating your needs
> to us in advance, so go read <857fvbi3cy.fsf@???> now if you
> haven't yet.)
> Questions?
> Cheers,
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intrigeri