[cmake-developers] What is necessary for including fixes from current development branch to official release

[David Cole]

The "rule" is (roughly): after the first release candidate for a given
release, no more "new features" for that particular release. Only
continuing work to complete new features in rc1 and fixing regressions
reported from previous versions should go in subsequent release
candidates. Possible exceptions may be made for bug fixes deemed
"important" and "broadly applicable and helpful." In the end, it's
always a judgment call, and up to the folks preparing the releases to
decide what goes in and what has to wait till next time.

As Nils said, the only stuff guaranteed to be in a release is whatever
is in 'master' already at the time the first release candidate is made.


HTH,
David C.