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On 31/07/24 4: 47 pm, Satish Balay wrote: Major releases [i. e. 3. 21. 0, 3. 22. 0 etc. ] are spun from main branch once every 6 months. And bug fix updates [i. e. 3. 21. 1, 3. 21. 2 etc. ] are spun from release branch once every month [during this 6 month
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 31/07/24 4:47 pm, Satish Balay
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Major releases [i.e. 3.21.0, 3.22.0 etc.] are spun from main branch once every 6 months.
And bug fix updates [i.e. 3.21.1, 3.21.2 etc.] are spun from release branch once every month [during this 6 month cycle].
i.e PetscObjectIsNull() change that's currently in main branch won't be in a tarball (or a tagged version) until 3.22.0 release in Sept end.</pre>
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<p>I guess I'm still a bit confused by your system. What exactly is
e.g. the recent commit with tag "3.21.4", if it isn't a "tagged
version"?</p>
<p>That tag appears to be on the "release" branch as well as "main"
- i.e. I can see it if I look at the commits for the "release"
branch. So it looked to me like a minor release. How are users
supposed to interpret those tags?<br>
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<p>- Adrian<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Dr Adrian Croucher
Senior Research Fellow
Department of Engineering Science
Waipapa Taumata Rau / University of Auckland, New Zealand
email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:a.croucher@auckland.ac.nz">a.croucher@auckland.ac.nz</a>
tel: +64 (0)9 923 4611</pre>
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