On 2024-01-16 15:44:08 -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On 13 Jan 2024 14:49, Ileana Dumitrescu wrote: > > My short term plans are to review the numerous mailing list patches and > > get them merged in. This will be an easy and productive first step for > > me and libtool. I will also look at the various distro patches and see > > if any of them are fit to be upstreamed as I have noticed some of the > > distros have been accruing a lot of patches as well. > > i think we should aim to kick out something new sooner rather than later. > so aim to include smaller/less risky changes as it's been ~2 years since > the last release. i don't mean this in terms of rushing you, but more > "better to cut off sooner" than "try to merge everything that should be > merged, but end up taking much longer in the process". we can always > make another release if we really want something out there. especially > as "this patch is so simple" can be very deceptive with libtool. > -mike
+1 In particular, if some patch has issues, it may be easier to test its effects if one has had a recent stable release. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
