[openstack-dev] Why do we drop branches? (WAS: Re: Targeting icehouse-eol?)

Alan Pevec apevec at gmail.com
Fri Jun 5 21:48:46 UTC 2015


> Why do we even drop stable branches? If anything, it introduces
> unneeded problems to those who have their scripts/cookbooks set to
> chase those branches. They would need to switch to eol tag.

Because they would otherwise expect updates which will never come.
They should take a notice and removing a branch is a clear enough
message that they're now on their own.

Cheers,
Alan



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