[task #15635] Stable branch and/or release candidates/official releases

[Boud Roukema]

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                 Summary: Stable branch and/or release candidates/official
releases
                 Project: Reproducible paper template
            Submitted by: boud
            Submitted on: Tue 12 May 2020 12:40:34 AM UTC
         Should Start On: Mon 11 May 2020 12:00:00 AM UTC
   Should be Finished on: Mon 11 May 2020 12:00:00 AM UTC
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                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
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Details:

If we don't want new users to be discouraged, then we should 
sooner or later start something like the usual _stable_ versus 
_development_ branches, or have official releases with tags (as 
with _gnuastro_ :)).

There is already quite a solid learning curve required and 
having a failed default 
   _./project configure -j8 && ./project make_ 
would easily be discouraging.

We should also think about making updates between releases
smooth. Debian stable updates have improved over the years, 
though users still have to read the guidelines in each case 
when updating.

For example - if users are expected to do a full new _configure_,
then that should be in the update instructions. By "update",
I mean merging new 'maneage' commits into a particular project.





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