document upcoming changes for 1.6

Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <nico@kr.ethz.ch>
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Nico Schottelius 2011-04-05 16:49:09 +02:00
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There are at least the following branches available:
* master: the development branch
* 1.5: Focus on object orientation instead of global stage orientation
* 1.6: New types, cleaned up \_\_package* types, internal cleanup
Old versions:
* 1.5: Focus on object orientation instead of global stage orientation
* 1.4: Support for redefiniton of objects (if equal)
* 1.3: Support for local and remote code execution (current stable)
* 1.2: Dependencies supported
* 1.1: __file to __file, __directory, __link migration
* 1.1: \_\_file to \_\_file, \_\_directory, \_\_link migration
* 1.0: First official release
Other branches may be available for features or bugfixes, but they
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git checkout -b <name> origin/<name>
# Stay on a specific version
version=1.5
version=1.6
git checkout -b $version origin/$version
### Mirrors
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The master branch on the other hand is the development branch and may not be
working, break your setup or eat the tree in your garden.
### Upgrading from 1.5 to 1.6
* If you used **\_\_package_apt --preseed**, you need to use the new
type **\_\_debconf_set_selections** instead.
* The **\_\_package** types accepted either --state deinstalled or
--state uninstaaled. Starting with 1.6, it was made consistently
to --state removed.
### Upgrading from 1.3 to 1.5
No incompatiblities.