On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Stefan Sperling <s...@elego.de> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 06:56:27PM +0200, Stefan Sperling wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 07:23:42AM +0200, Branko Čibej wrote: >> > The 1.7.21 release artefacts are now available for testing/signing. >> > >> > Please get the tarballs from >> > >> > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/subversion/ >> > >> > and add your signatures there. >> > >> > Thanks! >> >> Summary: +1 to release > > There is a problem with the test suite in 1.7.21. > Most tests failed with an argument error because the --http-version > option was not properly integrated. > > I've fixed the 1.7.x test suite in http://svn.apache.org/r1694012 > > How do we proceed from here? > > 1) Toss 1.7.21 and re-roll 1.7.22 > > 2) Declare this as a known problem in 1.7.21 and provide the small > patch to fix in the release announcement. > > Given the status of the 1.7.x branch, I'm inclined to go for option 2). > This problem only affects the test suite and the patches that went into 1.7.x > are also part of all other planned releases, so I see very little risk. > > I'm currently re-running tests with the above patch to validate my existing > signature. > > Thanks to Bert for spotting this isssue and sorry for not spotting it myself.
Not sure what's best to proceed. Option 2 seems fine to me. I'll rerun my 1.7.21 tests with your testsuite-fix too tonight. -- Johan
