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[Yann E. MORIN]

Arnout, All,

On 2019-08-20 21:18 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle spake thusly:
> On 20/08/2019 21:10, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> > On 20/08/2019 00:00, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
> >>>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com> writes:
> >>  > "we only show the highest release" -> release-monitoring.org doesn't
> >>  > have the notion of "stable branches" from upstream or anything like
> >>  > that. It even considers -rc versions to be more recent than a regular
> >>  > official release.
> >>
> >>  > But I see your point that anyway release-monitoring.org is only very
> >>  > partially helping to track whether we need to update for security
> >>  > reasons. A CVE-related tracking tool (such as what Matt Weber was
> >>  > working on back then) would be better suited for this task.
> >>
> >>  > If you agree with this, then perhaps the autobuild.b.o/stats/ page, and
> >>  > the corresponding JSON output, should be generated based on the next
> >>  > branch rather than the master branch.
> >>
> >> Presumably only if next exists (and then we have to remember to delete
> >> it as soon as we merge it into master and not just let it linger until
> >> the next release)?
> > 
> >  That would be a good idea anyway. I've known people to be confused by the
> > lingering next branch.
> 
>  Or perhaps it's a better idea to reverse the logic: on -rc1, create the stable
> branch already, and treat master as next. IOW, avoid creating a next at all.

I would argue in favour of this solution.

>  But then we should probably also update the branches info for the autobuilders
> to make sure the stable branch gets sufficient testing.

This is relatively easy: just update http://autobuild.buildroot.org/branches
with new branches and new ratios.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

>  Regards,
>  Arnout
> 
> > 
> > 
> >>  > Should I go ahead and make the change ?
> >>
> >> It sounds sensible to me, yes.
> > 
> >  +1
> > 
> >  Regards,
> >  Arnout
> > 

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