branches contra tags for releases.

[Lubomir I. Ivanov]

On 29 June 2018 at 22:57, Jan Iversen <jancasacondor at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Is there a reason why we use tags instead of branches for a release. I am used to having a release branch for 2 reasons:
> - work on master is not blocked but continues normally (with cherry pick to the release branch)
> - it is easy to make a release patch if needed.
>

i don't mind our current workflow.
makes the life of the maintainers easier.

also our code/docs/string freeze period is very short.

lubomir
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