Re: Subversion 1.8.14 up for testing/signing

On 28 July 2015 at 00:15, Stefan Fuhrmann <stefan.fuhrmann_at_wandisco.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 8:02 AM, Branko Čibej <brane_at_apache.org> wrote:
>>
>> The 1.8.14 release artefacts are now available for testing/signing.
>>
>> Please get the tarballs from
>>
>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/subversion/
>>
>> and add your signatures there.
>>
>> Thanks!
>
>
> Summary:
>
> +1 to release
>
[...]

>
> Results:
>
> (Not a regression) The text delta code for old-style deltas segfaults
> when compiled with GCC 4.9 and -O3, e.g. with
> --disable-debug --enable-optimize. This failes
> lt-random-test 2: random combine delta test
> 1.9 does not have that problem and a fix has been
> proposed for backport.
>
Should we consider this problem as a blocker for the release?

I agree that this is not a regression, but is it OK to make a release
that does not build properly with the *actual* compiler?

-- 
Ivan Zhakov