On Saturday 28 April 2007 12:58, Bill Moran wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 11:24:58AM +0200, Kern Sibbald wrote: > > > > > This email is a *BIG* urgent warning that unless the Bacula Solaris and > > > FreeBSD users pull together and organize regression testing, you may find > > > that version 2.2.x will not work on your platform, and it may be difficult to > > > correct problems after production release in a timely fashion since once > > > released, it is not possible to make any significant changes to mutex usage > > > without destabilizing the code. > > What's your timeline, Kern. I'll do my damndest to get through all the > FreeBSD regression tests with enough time for bug fixes to go through.
Thanks for your help and consideration. I'm giving a slightly longer and more detailed answer than I feel you need so that everyone understands. Ideally, if any of the tests fail, you should notify me right away (today if possible). That should give us plenty of time to resolve any problems before the release. It is definitely not a question of hours, or days, but more like weeks, especially since we are just transferring the testing. If you have serious problems, I am here to help. I hope no one got the impression that I was *never* going to work on a platform release again. I simply want to transfer the responsibilities in an orderly fashion. I've planned this for quite a long time, so have raised the red flag of alert well in advance of any deadline (IMO). I will be releasing a beta version next week. It would be really nice to know the results of the regression testing on the current SVN before its release, though it is not critical. The Linux tests all have run at least 5 times without any failure -- I run them every significant change in the SVN. The official release of version 2.2.0 will probably be in 1 - 2 months, let's say 6 weeks. This should give us plenty of time without rushing to get out a few beta releases, to test it carefully, to complete the documentation, and to get all the platform regressions running smoothly -- even if we don't get all the nice regression reporting ideas people have mentioned into place. . If something serious comes up, we can hold the release. Best regards, Kern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
