*poke* (Just a reminder for folks who've not taken a glance at 1.5.x/STATUS
yet.)
On 11/23/2010 10:31 AM, Hyrum K. Wright wrote:
> I know folks are busy (hint, hint) testing and signing 1.6.15, but
> just a reminder that 1.5.8 will roll next week. In updating CHANGES
> for the release (see r1038163), there is actually some good stuff in
> there already. Please also review STATUS, so we can get any more
> low-hanging fixes in there. (I didn't see the 'blame -g' memory fix
> in CHANGES, but it should go into 1.5.8, imho)
>
> There is also the question of whether a vote for a change on the 1.6.x
> branch constitutes a vote on the 1.5.x, but I'll save that bikeshed
> for another day. :)
>
> -Hyrum
>
> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Hyrum K. Wright
> <hyrum_wright_at_mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
>> In light of some of the recent activity on the 1.5.x branch, together
>> with the policy that we still maintain that branch, I'm planning on
>> rolling a 1.5.8 release. Next week will be 1.6.14, the week following
>> is the Thanksgiving holidays in the States, so I'll push it to Dec. 1,
>> if nobody has any objections.
>>
>> I'd invite folks to review 1.5.x/STATUS, and to think about revisions
>> that we could perhaps merge to 1.5.x, including serious performance,
>> security or correctness bug fixes. I don't think we need to fix every
>> bug in the last 20 months, but if there is something that stands out,
>> please consider nominating it.
>>
>> I can't guarantee that this won't be the last release from the 1.5.x
>> line, but it is definitely a possibility.
>>
>> -Hyrum
>>
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