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On 10/09/2014 08:12 AM, Jeremy Stanley wrote:
> On 2014-09-30 01:38:29 +0000 (+0000), Jeremy Stanley wrote:
> [...]
>> the tips of these branches have been tagged "havana-eol" in
>> preparation for branch deletion. The list of affected Git
>> repositories is as follows:
>>
>>      openstack-dev/devstack
>>      openstack-dev/grenade
>>      openstack/ceilometer
>>      openstack/cinder
>>      openstack/designate
>>      openstack/glance
>>      openstack/heat
>>      openstack/horizon
>>      openstack/keystone
>>      openstack/neutron
>>      openstack/nova
>>      openstack/openstack-manuals
>>      openstack/oslo-incubator
>>      openstack/oslo.config
>>      openstack/requirements
>>      openstack/swift
>>      openstack/tempest
>>      openstack/trove
>
> Just following up to note that I finally removed the stable/havana
> branches of the above mentioned projects, in accordance with the EOL
> announcement from a couple weeks ago.

Just curious...why do we remove the stable branches for old releases? 
Is the idea to force people onto new branches?

It seems like this just makes more work for people that are maintaining 
older releases since it means they need to make sure to mirror things 
before they go EOL.

Chris