Branching model

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nvie inspired

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Stable branches

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Appropriate Fixes

risk of regression
user visible benefit
Self-contained
fix is already on master

Forbidden

New features
Changes to the external HTTP APIs
Changes to Nova’s internal AMQP API
Changes to the notification definitions
DB schema changes
Incompatible config file changes

2013.2 branch and tags

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2013.2.4 preparation

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Review

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Exercise

checkout the latest stable branch