[pacman-dev] Release plans

[Allan McRae]

On 25/04/10 01:36, Allan McRae wrote:
> Updated list of things that need done before release:
> (** indicates patches available)
> (* indicates a patch needing revision is available)
>
> 1**) Nagy's -D patch should be included.
>
> 2) Revert/fix the cross-build library linking patch as this forces some
> linking that it should not. Dan said he was looking at this (?).
>
> 3) Fix "makepkg --source" issue with split packages and
> install/changelog files (FS#18831) Related bugs FS#18394 and FS#16004
> can be fixed at the same time. I have most of a patch prepared.
>
> 4**) Pull in other stuff from working branches
> - Nagy has another couple of minor patches
> - Xavier has a couple (I am not sure about asciidoc one... but I do not
> see a better way)
> - I have few patches (all makepkg ones are well tested, pacman -Qo
> "functional which" could do with a final review)
>
> 5*) phonon/qt issue patch:
> http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2010-February/010429.html
> - needs cleanup first.
>
> 6*) Include globbing patch:
> http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2010-March/010550.html
> - see my recent post about potential fix needed for no match case.
>
> 7) "pacman -Sg group" interactivity:
> http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2010-March/010516.html
>
> 8*?) Tidy up bash_completion stuff? (FS#16630)
>
> 9) Look at Flyspray roadmap:
> http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?do=index&tasks=&project=3&due=69 and
> remove anything not being implemented.
>
> 10) Write NEWS...

11) vercmp changes?  Trying to avoid upgrade issues like we had with 
openssl.