[x264-devel] x264 daily snapshots: what is the difference between the two available?

[Bill Smith]

Steven Walters wrote:
> for every commit spree, there is usually a set of bugfixes and a set
> of 'enhancements'.
> 
> the master/normal branch gets both the bugfixes and enhancements.
> the stable branch gets only the bugfixes.
> 
> the underlying logic here is that the enhancements will probably have
> some bugs in them,
> so the stable branch will have less bugs overall compared to the normal branch.

Thanks for the explanation. So the stable branch is currently
feature-frozen since the 21st of Feb?
Does that mean that the stable branch will lead to an official release
eventually, or will you simply re-branch a new stable branch off the
master branch at regular or irregular intervals in the future?