[poky] [Poky]Why we release yocto on different branch

[Khem Raj]

On Jul 23, 2013, at 11:57 PM, Bian Naimeng <biannm at cn.fujitsu.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Why we release yocto on different branch?

These branches are from same trunk which we call master in git terms.

> 
> Yocto Project 1.2: denzil
> Yocto Project 1.3: danny
> Yocto Project 1.4: dylan
> 

yes denzil danny and dylan and so on are codenames for branches on which releases are made.

> Some questions.
> 1. Do we always create a new branch to release the next Yocto Project?

yes

> 2. If so, which branch/commit the new branch start from?

There is master branch and when the time comes the next release branch is spawned from master 

> 3. What's the relation between these branch?

These are release branches cut from master at some point in time.

> 
> Thanks,
> bian
> 
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