Re: create a git symbolic-ref for REL9_3_STABLE

On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> I suppose we'll be branching off 9.3 in a few weeks. That event always
> creates a service gap in the build farm and similar services, and a race
> in the NLS service to get everything adjusted to the new branch.
>
> It seems to me we could already now create a git symbolic-ref named
> REL9_3_STABLE that points to master, get all those services updated for
> the new name, and when the actual branching is supposed to happen, we
> just remove the symbolic-ref and make a real branch, and everything else
> should already be in place.
>
> I have never actually used symbolic-ref, but after playing with it a
> little bit, it seems it should work fine for this purpose.
>
> Comments?

I think we should just go ahead and really create the branch. The CF
is supposed to start in a week.

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