Re: [Camino] latest branch

On Mar 29, 2007, at 1:50 PM, paulc wrote:

> Ah, my preference normally was to go to the ftp site.  But it still
> continues to be confusing.

We post the nightly link on caminobrowser.org to make it easy to get  
the latest nightly, as has been explained on this list before;  
continuing to use a system that you find confusing instead is a  
personal choice.

> Here are the possible folders a "current branch build" may be found  
> in:
>
> latest-1.1-M1.8
> 2007-03-29-01-1.1-M1.8

One always has the build from 2007-03-29, since builds are archived  
for regression testing, and one always has the latest build, for  
convenience.

> Reminds me, curious about what point is reached when a branch is
> "frozen" off the trunk? Is it when a particular build is considered
> "released?"

Branches aren't frozen; they continue to change, which is the point  
of making them. A Gecko branch is made when the core developers want  
to start pushing toward a stable Gecko release.

> And does that get a unique version designation (I've seen
> guys carry the same version number, but different build numbers and
> there ARE code changes between the two!).

Gecko branches always have distinct Gecko version numbers. Product  
(Camino, Firefox, Thunderbird, etc.) version numbers are not directly  
tied to Gecko version numbers.

-Stuart