debian package for the up-comming 0.14 version

[Xavier Oswald]

On 09:19 Thu 06 Aug     , Picca Frédéric-Emmanuel wrote:
> Le Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:15:26 +0200,
> Mildred Ki'Lya <ml.mildred593 at gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Benoit is currently trying to bootstrap the compiler (that is having
> > the compiler 0.14 to compile itself, previously the compiler could
> > only be built using the lisaac compiler 0.13). So, the master branch
> > is in some kind of raw state.
> 
> ok then it will propose a .c version of the compiler for the
> distribution. And the make process will propose to compile this .c
> version to re-compile lisaac using rela lisaac code of the compiler :).

Right.

> > I created branches for lisaac 0.12 and 0.13, also don't like having
> > everything in branch master.
> 
> Yes I found them :)
> 
> It is true that when you clone a repository, the 'master' branch has a
> special meaning. So maybe having this master branch reflecting the
> stable version of lissac could help peoples have a nice experience with
> the git repository of lisaac.
> 
> Then you propose to add into the next branch each stable
> features added for the up-comming version release of lissac.
> 
> That way you have all the time a stable version working out of the box
> in the master branc and a developpement version in the 'next' one also
> working out of the box with new features.
> 
> this process means thah someone should have to decide which feature is
> ready for the next version and merge it.

This is the plan. I talked to Benoit about this and I will explain this way of
working this summer during our meeting. This is how we will work after the 0.4
release

@Mildrer: not 0.14 but we release the new version as 0.4 since it implements the
0.4 specification.  

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