[Glibc-bsd-devel] Re: libtool release schedule [WAS: [PATCH] GNU/KNetBSD support]
Robert Millan
zeratul2@wanadoo.es
Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:06:50 +0000
On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 12:40:53PM +0100, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> >
> >What do you need for 1.5b? Automake 1.8 too?
>
> The tasks I listed earlier need to be complete, automake-1.8 needs to be
> released since libtool HEAD now relies on it, we need to make sure the test
> suite passes on as many platforms as possible, and fix it for those that
> have
> regressions.
Does all this apply to 1.5b, the beta release? You said HEAD relies on automake
1.8, but branch-1-5 IIRC doesn't.
> The mechanics of the release are documented in README-alpha in
> CVS. (I've noticed that the web update step, and md5sum generation are
> missing
> though).
I'll have a look.
> >For example if you want testing on exotic platforms, I can try branch-1-5
> >and/or HEAD on most of them for you. For CPUs I have access to Debian
> >machines
> >and can test it on m68k, sparc[64], alpha, powerpc, arm, mips (l.e. and
> >b.e.),
> >hppa, ia64, s390, sh and x86_64. For OSes I can confirm GNU/Hurd [1] and
> >try
> >a few others.
>
> That would be an enormous help, especially if you can help track down any
> problems we uncover. Theoretically, the code churn on branch-1-5 should not
> cause any regressions, but if you want to test the head of that branch and
> send updates for the PLATFORMS file, that would be okay. If your time is
> more
> limited then please wait until we make branch-1-6 and perform the tests with
> the head of that branch after 1.5b is released from it.
I'll test branch-1-5 ASAP.
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Robert Millan
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