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Excerpts from Joe Gordon's message of 2015-03-24 14:22:03 -0700:
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Doug Hellmann <doug at doughellmann.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > We have a cross-project spec up for review discussing a change in the
> > release process precipitated by the fact that we are now capping library
> > versions in stable branch test configurations. We’ve talked about it a
> > couple of times at the cross-project meetings, but we also want to make
> > sure it is widely seen because it will affect the way bug fixes need to be
> > managed in client libraries (new releases of clients won’t automatically
> > make it into stable branches, and we will need to maintain stable branches
> > of the clients with back-ports for critical fixes).
> >
> Here is a real case where the correct fix is a stable branch for a client:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-glanceclient/+bug/1423165

That's a great concrete example, Joe, thanks.

Doug

> 
> > The Oslo team has already followed this procedure, including releasing
> > some versions of libraries with backports for the stable branches. I think
> > most of the wrinkles are therefore worked out, and I would like to move
> > ahead with this for all projects that release library-like artifacts for
> > Kilo, understanding that we might need to update the document, procedures,
> > and tools as we go.
> >
> > Please take a few minutes to read the spec:
> > https://review.openstack.org/#/c/155072/
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Doug
> >
> >
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