Robert Ramey wrote:
I would really appreciate an answer to this question. So far, it looks to me like we either need to decide that as a policy we're simply not going to do point releases, or we need a separate release branch for each series (e.g. 1.36.x)
Suppose library X has a bug which requires a fix before the next release. And suppose the fix is tested in the trunk and merged into "release ready" version and the "release ready" version is totally retested. Wouldn't just assigning a tag (1.36.1) (or "copy) in SVN parlance) to the current release ready version qualify as a "point release" That is how would this differ from a "point release"?
The release ready branch contains more than just bug fixes, there may be new libraries or significant new features as well? John.