Re: Supporting Abiword

From: Dom Lachowicz (domlachowicz_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Mar 27 2004 - 12:40:15 EST

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    Hi Mark,

    --- Mark Richardson <mrichard_at_usc.edu> wrote:
    >
    > First, it's great to have gotten such prompt
    > responses to my bug (#6493).

    I'm glad that you're a happy customer :)

    > A *brief* explanation of "backporting," though,
    > would help a lot.

    Sure. AbiWord development has several different
    concurrent "branches."

    One branch is called "HEAD" or "UNSTABLE". This is our
    latest and greatest work. This is where most
    development happens, where new features are added, and
    where your bug was likely fixed. After we developers
    have added enough new features and fixed enough bugs,
    HEAD will become STABLE, and then a new HEAD emerges.
    HEAD represents the AbiWord 2.1.x releases.
    Eventually, HEAD will become STABLE AbiWord 2.2.0.

    One branch is called "STABLE", which represents a
    stable and relatively bug-free snapshot of our source
    tree. This branch is in maintainence mode, and only
    recieves bug fixes. This represents our 2.0.x series.

    "Back porting" is the process of taking a bug fix from
    HEAD and applying it to STABLE. "Forward porting" is
    the process of taking a bug fix from STABLE and
    applying it to HEAD.

    > Now, to whoever manages Abimoney:

    That would be me...

    > Why not make supporting Abiword even *easier* for
    > those of us who want to
    > do our part but can't or won't transfer money
    > electronically? Wouldn't an
    > occasional check for, say, $50 warrant setting up an
    > address?

    Unfortunately, we don't do that because it's less easy
    for me and for those who would look in on my account
    ledgers. Your interest is appreciated, though.

    Best regards,
    Dom

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