marking old branches as no longer maintained

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: marking old branches as no longer maintained
Date: 2011-06-28 17:46:22
Message-ID: 4E0A136E.6030509@dunslane.net
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I'd like to add a feature to the buildfarm that automatically picks up
any new branch and automatically stops building any branch we're not
maintaining any more. To do the latter, I need some way for the client
to detect that we are or aren't interested in a branch. What I'd like to
do is add a file to the old back branches (say from 7.4 to 8.1 currently
- I can grandfather the rest) called "end-of-life-reached" or some such,
with some appropriate text. As a branch reaches its end of life, i.e.
right before the last release we make, we should add that file to the
branch.

I think this would possibly be useful anyway, regardless of buildfarm
utility - I still hear of people mistakenly grabbing and building
releases past EOL, and maybe this will give one or two the extra clue
they need that this is less than a good idea.

Comments?

cheers

andrew

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