Re: [jakartaee-platform-dev] Platform releases, tags, and branches in gi

["Kevin Sutter" <sutter@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Fair point.  I
just went with what had already been created.  I suppose something
like 8.0.x-BRANCH would be better.  I don't think I can directly rename
a branch, but we should be able to figure something out.  I'll let
this conversation go until tomorrow to see if there's general agreement
on this rename.  Thanks!

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From:
       Bill
Shannon <bill.shannon@xxxxxxxxxx>
To:
       jakartaee-platform
developer discussions <jakartaee-platform-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Kevin
Sutter <sutter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
       01/15/2020
16:48
Subject:
       [EXTERNAL]
Re: [jakartaee-platform-dev] Platform releases, tags, and branches in github
repos

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Kevin Sutter wrote on 1/15/20 1:57 PM:
In the case of
jakartaee-api, it looks like there are some maintenance issues that need
addressing.  In that repo, we do have the 8.0.0-BRANCH
branch.
 The pom was recently updated to correctly indicate the version for
this branch is 8.0.1-SNAPSHOT.  This gives us the proper location
for maintenance efforts on the API in case we need to do an 8.0.1 release
down the road (or 8.0.n).
Maybe I'm not following this correctly...

We have a branch named 8.0.0-BRANCH.

In that branch, the version has been updated to be 8.0.1-SNAPSHOT.

And if/when we do a release on that branch, that 8.0.0-BRANCH branch will
have an 8.0.1 release in it.  And presumably layer, if we need it,
an 8.0.2 release.

Shouldn't we name that branch something that more clearly indicates it's
not just the branch for 8.0.0, but rather it's the branch for all 8.0.x
maintenance releases?