[webkit-efl] Consideration about first release of ewebkit

[Cedric BAIL]

Hello,

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:39 PM, ryuan Choi <ryuan at enlightenment.org> wrote:
> I need your opinion about first version of ewebkit.
>
> ewebkit was always under development without any version.
> (always 0.1.0)
>
> Within this state (almost 4 years I joined), we made ewebkit1, made ewebkit2
> and dropped ewebkit1.
> Because I am still newbie, I don't know the level for stable version.
> But, I think that we might not release ewebkit ever if we want more stable
> version.
> About few months, we didn't have any big changes in ewebkit2 interface.
> (Only one big news was dropping ewebkit1)
> Our almost work was following changes of webkit.org.(build fix or
> regression)
>
> EFL 1.11 will be released after few days later.
>
> So, what do you think about releasing first version of ewebkit as 1.11 (or
> any suggestion?)
>
> My simple idea is
> 1. when second merge window of EFL is over, bump the version of ewebkit in
> the webkit trunk(webkit.org)
> 2. sync and fork that to the version branch in github.
> 3. clear some code if needed.
>     - disable features which are still unstable or under development.
>     - cherry-pick patches which are still under review but very important
> for ewebkit.
> 4. test and fix some critical bugs within last three stabilization phase of
> EFL.
> 5. When new version of EFL is released, tag the version like EFL.
> 6. After released, only hot fix is allowed in the version branch for the
> minor release.
>
>
> In a short,
> - sync the release process with EFL after second merge window is over.
> - develop the ewebkit in the trunk(webkit.org) always like current sitation.
> - maintain the version branch for the hot fix(crash, ...)
>
> What do you think about it?

You just made my day way better ! It's a very good proposal that I am
all for it. I think we can also all agree here that you are going to
be the release manager for ewebkit. Do you have all the needed access
for doing the release on enlightenment server ?
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Cedric BAIL