I would like to ask you not to remove 2.1.1-SNAPSHOT. I find the name confusing. If we follow the “old” days convention (as 2.1 is really old now :), we should probably use 2.1-MR since 2.1.1 doesn’t really exist. In any case, as long as people understand what it is, I’m fine with leaving it like this.
  "2.1.1-SNAPSHOT" is taken from the Maven Version Syntax. It means: "This is a _branch_ working _towards_ 2.1.1". "2.1-MR"  reads like a _tag_ holding exactly the first maintenance release of 2.1 _after_ publishing it (= the static HEAD of 2.1.1-SNAPSHOT once done).
 
 
  You’re missing my point. I meant “2.1-MR” instead of “2.1.1”, not to drop SNAPSHOT, so “2.1-MR-SNAPSHOT”.  
 
  Changing the syntax also indicates "we are Eclipse Foundation now and not JCP anymore". :-)
 
 
 
 
  Sure, but 2.1 was a JCP release. Let’s keep 2.1.1-SNAPSHOT for now. 
 
 — Santiago 
 
  People are working on contributions for bug fixes. Particularly new contributors will start with non-critical bug fixes. Their work has to be collected somewhere. EE4J_8 will only adopt _critical_ fixes as you wrote. I do not like the idea to mix bug fixes with new features in 2.2-SNAPSHOT / 3-SNAPSHOT, and keeping those PRs simply open for later decision instead of immediate collecting them in a *-SNAPSHOT branch feels strange.
  Having these three branches feels natural to me, and I am used that from lots of other projects. I do not see the potential for confusion, but I see it _when_ removing it.
  If it's solely about the name, I am happy with renaming it to  "mkarg-bug-collection" (just kidding). ;-)
  Anyways, what do other committers think?
  -Markus
  -----Original Message----- From: jaxrs-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx  [mailto:jaxrs-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Santiago  Pericas-Geertsen Sent: Dienstag, 20. Februar 2018 23:37 To: jaxrs developer discussions Subject: Re: [jaxrs-dev] "Sandbox" branches created for  2.1.1-SNAPSHOT, 2.2-SNAPSHOT, 3-SNAPSHOT / Tagged Oracle's initial  contribution
 
 Markus wrote: Branch 2.1.1-SNAPSHOT - Bug fixes and clarifications only. No feature changes. Must stay JAX-RS 2.1 compatible.
   I think this branch will just create a potential confusion. I would just remove it for now and re-create it only if the need arises. 
 
 Branch 2.2-SNAPSHOT - New features ontop of JAX-RS 2.1 / Java EE 8.  Must stay backwards compatible to JAX-RS 2.1, hence only adds features but does not drop or change old ones. Deprecation of old features has to happen here. Branch 3-SNAPSHOT - Incompatible changes / feature removals only here.
   These are good.
 
 Tag initial-contribution - Oracle's initial contribution in case someone needs to look it up one day. Please always discuss first in a Github issue. Please do not directly commit to any branch, but always open a PR and let at least one other committer review your changes. Please do not open a PR against branch master, but always open a PR against one of the above branches.
   Agreed.
  — Santiago
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