Update Documentation About GIT Branch for Stable Releases

Signed-off-by: willysr <willysr@slackware-id.org>
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@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ MATE SlackBuilds
MSB will follow MATE's workflow on versioning and releases as described in
MATE's wiki: http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/dev-doc.
Currently, there are two branches in the MSB GIT repository:
Currently, there are three branches in the MSB GIT repository:
- master: The MSB development branch. It represents the most up-to-date
code, but no binary packages are built from this branch. Building from
@ -12,12 +12,21 @@ Currently, there are two branches in the MSB GIT repository:
will come from. Please use this branch for testing only and not for
production environments.
- 1.6: The MSB stable branch. This is the supported branch and only
receives bug fix updates. The MSB binary packages are built from this
branch. You might want to use this branch if you enjoy stable releases.
- 1.6: The MSB stable branch for Slackware 14.0.
This is the currently supported branch and only receives bug fix updates.
The MSB binary packages for Slackware 14.0 are built from this branch.
You might want to use this branch if you enjoy stable releases.
Once Slackware 14.1 gets declared the next stable release then
this branch will be obsoleted and no longer updated.
- 14.1-mate-1.6: The MSB stable branch for Slackware 14.1.
This is the next supported branch and only receives bug fix updates.
The MSB binary packages for Slackware 14.1 are built from this branch.
You might want to use this branch if you enjoy stable releases.
Once 'master' has been declared the next stable release (e.g. 1.8) then
this branch will be obsoleted and no longer updated.
An easy way to find out which branch are you in right now (once you have
cloned the repo or pulled the latest updates):
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Example output of 'git branch':
1.6
14.1-mate-1.6
* master
This output indicates that you are now in the 'master' branch.
@ -37,6 +47,7 @@ $ git checkout 1.6
$ git branch
* 1.6
14.1-mate-1.6
master
You have now switched from the 'master' branch to the '1.6' branch.

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The following is list of to-do items for MATE on Slackware:
Wed Apr 3 14:26:41 UTC 2013
Provide dependencies for testing/mate-system-monitor. For now, you can build
the needed packages from SBo.
Fri Mar 22 16:47:15 UTC 2013
Determine whether mate-polkit is really needed or whether MATE can rely on
polkit-gnome which is installed by default in Slackware. This was discussed