[pacman-dev] Pacman-4.2 release plans
Hi all, We release pacman-4.1 ages ago and there are many bug fixes sitting on master that I am too lazy to backport. So I would like to see a push towards pacman-4.2. I propose the following. 2014-08-01: Feature freeze 2014-08-15: Code freeze 2014-08-31: Release I have the glibc release scheduled for the end of July, so that is where the feature freeze comes from. We have a number of bugs in the tracker and patches in patchwork fixing bugs or providing some polishing that need dealt with. The two (or more) week gap before the code freeze is dedicated to dealing with those. In preparation, can bugs be filed for anything that needs done before 4.2? The major thing that I know needs finished is figuring out how to adjust databases that have packages installed using the old directory symlink method. Our current roadmap (with several bugs that will be pushed further back) is here: https://bugs.archlinux.org/roadmap/proj3 Cheers, Allan @Lukáš: note the VCS incremental builds is listed in the roadmap so your patches will be dealt with soon! @Andrew: Do you need your ini/config reading patches in, or would it be OK to hold back until the next release (which I intend to focus only on adding hooks support and call pacman-5.0).
On 06/29/14 at 12:13pm, Allan McRae wrote:
Hi all,
We release pacman-4.1 ages ago and there are many bug fixes sitting on master that I am too lazy to backport. So I would like to see a push towards pacman-4.2.
I propose the following. 2014-08-01: Feature freeze 2014-08-15: Code freeze 2014-08-31: Release
I have the glibc release scheduled for the end of July, so that is where the feature freeze comes from. We have a number of bugs in the tracker and patches in patchwork fixing bugs or providing some polishing that need dealt with. The two (or more) week gap before the code freeze is dedicated to dealing with those.
In preparation, can bugs be filed for anything that needs done before 4.2? The major thing that I know needs finished is figuring out how to adjust databases that have packages installed using the old directory symlink method.
Our current roadmap (with several bugs that will be pushed further back) is here: https://bugs.archlinux.org/roadmap/proj3
Cheers, Allan
@Lukáš: note the VCS incremental builds is listed in the roadmap so your patches will be dealt with soon!
@Andrew: Do you need your ini/config reading patches in, or would it be OK to hold back until the next release (which I intend to focus only on adding hooks support and call pacman-5.0).
The ini/config patches are purely a precursor to hooks, so no need to rush to get them in for 4.2. apg
On 29 June 2014 04:13, Allan McRae
@Lukáš: note the VCS incremental builds is listed in the roadmap so your patches will be dealt with soon!
Awesome! I'm sorry I still haven't posted any patches for bazaar yet. I don't have too much time recently because I just finished a school and the real life kicked in. I would love to do it this week, but I don't think I will. I'm sure it will be done before the feature freeze, though. Lukas
Allan McRae wrote:
We release pacman-4.1 ages ago and there are many bug fixes sitting on master that I am too lazy to backport. So I would like to see a push towards pacman-4.2.
I propose the following. 2014-08-01: Feature freeze 2014-08-15: Code freeze 2014-08-31: Release
Looks like we did miss the schedule. Any new estimates?
@Andrew: Do you need your ini/config reading patches in, or would it be OK to hold back until the next release (which I intend to focus only on adding hooks support and call pacman-5.0).
Really great, waiting for that! -- main(a){char*c=/* Schoene Gruesse */"B?IJj;MEH" "CX:;",b;for(a/* Chris get my mail address: */=0;b=c[a++];) putchar(b-1/(/* gcc -o sig sig.c && ./sig */b/42*2-3)*42);}
On 17/10/14 23:55, Christian Hesse wrote:
Allan McRae wrote:
We release pacman-4.1 ages ago and there are many bug fixes sitting on master that I am too lazy to backport. So I would like to see a push towards pacman-4.2.
I propose the following. 2014-08-01: Feature freeze 2014-08-15: Code freeze 2014-08-31: Release
Looks like we did miss the schedule. Any new estimates?
I have a very hectic work schedule including travel over the next few weeks, so I am not sure. Hopefully mid to late November for the freeze. Allan
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Allan McRae
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Andrew Gregory
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Christian Hesse
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Lukas Jirkovsky