next steps: 1.15.0 versus 1.14.2

[non]

First, some background:

• The 1.14.x series will maintain source- and binary-compatibility with 1.14.0.
• The 1.15.x series will preserve binary-compatibility with 1.14.0 but is expected to break source-compatibility (e.g. removing the implicit keyword from some definitions)
• We are planning to drop support for Scala 2.10 in 1.15, but we kept this in for the 1.14.1 release.

Now that 1.14.1 is out, @ashawley and I were discussing next steps. My proposal is that we start merging PRs intended for 1.15.x to master. If we don't encounter major bugs in 1.14.1 I'd prefer not to have to do a 1.14.2 release and go right to 1.15.0. If we do need 1.14.2, we can create a 1.14.x branch off of the 1.14.1 tag at that time and go from there.

How does that sound? Any objections? Am I missing anything?

cc @SethTisue @ashawley et al.

[smarter]

i suggest creating a 1.14.x branch just for the record even if nothing more ends up pushed to it.

[ashawley]

Yes, a 1.14.x branch would likely be useful. It's what's been done in the past.

[ashawley]

I had some small changes that might be good to merge to master and include in a 1.14.x branch from there rather than the 1.14.1 tag. In the meantime, it may also be good to listen for 1.14.1 feedback for a week or so. It wouldn't need to hold up making PRs for 1.15.

[ashawley]

FYI: In light of #557, we will have to consider a 1.14.2 release.

[non]

1.14.2 is released -- once we've attached the release notes I'll post about it publicly.

[ashawley]

Thanks, Erik, for doing the release.

I expect in the age of Scala Steward we probably get a lot of downstream projects running a release quicker than in years previous.