Re: 2.2.0 release plan

[Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>]

On Tue 14 Mar 2017 16:25, Greg Troxel <gdt@lexort.com> writes:

> Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> However!  Even though the code says 2.2.0 and the tag says 2.2.0, the
>> release is not until Thursday.  I will not upload the tag yet.
>
> I have just barely caught up with 2.0.x in pkgsrc, and haven't gotten to
> testing 2.1.x yet.  I wonder how many platforms 2.1.x has been tested
> on, and really I mean "has it been tested on other than GNU/Linux".

Things are in the early days, you are right.  GNU/Linux and macOS have
been tested.  Cygwin builds and works though it has some test errors; we
are working on it.  I don't know about mingw yet.  I think there might
be some errors on the other BSDs but I don't know yet.

> So if you think it's ready, I would suggest preparing a 2.2.0rc1, or
> simply a new 2.1.x with the notion that aside from version numbers it's
> an RC, and call for all people engaged in packaging to try to package it
> as 2.2, and to give them a few weeks.

I have done exactly that in the past weeks with 2.1.7 and 2.1.8 :) I
think a 2.2.1 will follow very soon (within a month or so from 2.2.0, I
would imagine), so any portability fixes will naturally be included
there.  That's about the same timeframe you are asking for, so all is
well in that regard.

Happy hacking,

Andy