Re: Trac tickets

On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 16:07, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
>>> Actually, I take it back.
>>>
>>> The CHANGELOG on the REL-1_12_PATCHES has some changes for 1.12.1,
>>> 1.12.2, 1.12.3. And surprisingly enough also 1.14.0, which certainly
>>> didn't exist back then...
>>
>> Yes - we've done it that way for years.
>
> I know - and it's been itching me for years ;)
>
>
>>> Which kind of proves my point about the confusion;)
>>
>> Meh. Someone committed a bad merge. The doesn't mean it hasn't worked
>> for the most part.
>
> So, just to be clear:
>
> Something that's backpatched goes into both master and the backpatch CHANGELOG.
>
> And the order in the CHANGELOG is chronological, *not*
> version-ordered? (resulting in mixed versions in head, but consistent
> version ordering in backbranches)?

Yes.

And for the record - I find it a PITA too; but... it's *much* easier
for me than trying to find another few hours for additional tedious
release prep tasks.

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