Den sön 15 okt. 2023 kl 06:50 skrev Nathan Hartman <hartman.nat...@gmail.com >:
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 1:58 PM Johan Corveleyn <jcor...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 5:35 PM Stefan Sperling <s...@apache.org> wrote: >> > >> > On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 08:43:59AM +0200, Daniel Sahlberg wrote: >> > > Hi, >> > > >> > > There are quite a number of improvements waiting to be released. Can >> we >> > > muster the energy to do a new release? >> > > >> > > In trunk there are a lot of changes that warrant a 1.15, but before >> doing >> > > that I think we should also go back to the discussion of changing the >> / >> > > adding a checksum algorithm in the WC. That deserves a separate >> thread and >> > > I'm half way through summarising the previous discussions so I'd like >> to >> > > hold back 1.15 for the moment. >> > > >> > > Still in 1.14 there have been a number of bugfixes that might be good >> to >> > > get released. Maybe doing 1.14.3 first could set us up to do 1.15 a >> little >> > > later? >> > >> > The first problem to solve before the ball starts rolling would be >> > finding a release manager. I don't have enough spare time to play RM >> > this time around but I would support the RM as far as my time allows >> for. >> > >> > Doing 1.14.3 first sounds like a good plan. This would help potential >> > new releases managers to get bootstrapped into the process. A major >> > release tends to involve a little bit more effort because some new >> problems >> > may only show up on specific operating system platforms during -rc >> testing. >> >> +1 >> >> -- >> Johan > > > > Hi all, > > I agree that a 1.14.3 release makes sense for a first-time RM, to be > followed by a 1.15.0 at a later stage. (Also, there are some unresolved > issues regarding 1.15.0, such as the above-mentioned question of checksum > algorithms, that may require more development, but 1.14.3 should be much > more straightforward.) > > At this moment I cannot promise to volunteer for this cycle but I will try > to do so. > > Before I do, I need to get my system bootstrapped properly. I can build > SVN and run most of the testsuite, but one pesky longstanding issue I have > had is with the JavaHL bindings. That will require a separate thread and > I'll describe the issues there. I'll check my notes to see what else might > be a showstopper on my end. > I've successfully built and tested the JavaHL bindings at one point and I think I can dig out my notes to help you if needed. > > If I can get set up and solve the problems I've encountered previously in > a reasonable time frame (and everyone's help is appreciated of course) I'll > volunteer. > That would be great! I'd volunteer to do the next release after this. There were some Docker scripts floating around (Both from CMike and from Mark). Maybe we should figure out if these can be included in /tools as a help to set up the environment and to execute the necessary steps. Kind regards, Daniel
