Re: Time to release Subversion 1.9.0-rc3?

On 3 July 2015 at 15:23, Branko Čibej <brane_at_wandisco.com> wrote:
> On 03.07.2015 14:05, Ivan Zhakov wrote:
>> There are several changes merged to 1.9.x branch since 1.9.0-rc2:
[...]
>>
>> These commits contain public API changes and the community guide
>> states that such changes should be considered as potentially
>> destabilizing.
>>
>> So maybe it's time to release RC3 and restart the soak period?
>
> I was going to get the tarballs rolled during the week-end, yes.
That's great!

> I don't think this needs another soak restart, though; just an extension,
> perhaps 2 weeks since we're close to the end of the current soak? I
> think we've done a pretty thorough job of testing 1.9.0 by now.
Am I understand properly that you're talking about two weeks after the
RC3 will be released?

I'm not sure that two weeks is enough for all Subversion API users to
update and test their code. But maybe two weeks will be enough for
this particular case, since the discussed API change does not affect
core functionality.

-- 
Ivan Zhakov