On 26/03/2021 14:11, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Andrew Cooper writes ("[PATCH 1/2] tools: Drop gettext as a build
> dependency"):
>> It has not been a dependency since at least 4.13. Remove its mandatory check
>> from ./configure.
>>
>> Annotate the dependency in the CI dockerfiles which are used for 4.14 or
>> older. Drop the dependency from Alpine and Ubuntu Focal which are new
>> containers in 4.15, as well as dropping from CirrusCI and TravisCI.
> Thank you but I'm afraid I think that this is not an important bugfix
> for 4.15. So I am withholding my release ack for this patch.
>
> Feel free to explain to me why this is the wrong decision.
The bug is configure rejecting a correct build environment.
The reason why this is important for 4.15 was discussed. Shrinking the
Alpine and Focal containers (several MB in both cases) makes a material
impact on Gitlab CI efficiency, and therefore the turnaround time for
answers, but cannot be done if 4.15 gets out of the door with the
erroneous check still in place.
~Andrew
