I've been looking at current activity on trunk, and reviewing the latest changes in FSFS.
I think it's finally time to bite the bullet and create the 1.9 release branch. AFAIR, there are two outstanding issues: * Review and merge of the X509 branch. * A resolution of the FSFSv7 conundrum. Unless I'm mistaken, the X509 branch needs perhaps one or two minor tweaks, a final review and merge to trunk. After reviewing FSFSv7 again, I still can't see a good reason to not release it as-is. Changes in the last month have made it more robust, which is always a good thing. There was some talk in the past about "voting" to keep log-addressing on trunk. To put it bluntly: we don't do that, we've never done that, and I don't want to create a precedent that turns our consensus-based process into a sham. I've still not seen any solid arguments for a veto on log-addressing; my own reviews did not unearth any such reason (though of course, that doesn't mean there isn't one). I would really like to make an end to the unproductive back-and-forth we had on this topic. So ... "speak now, or forever hold your piece!" :) -- Brane
