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Re: Glibc stable release process (Glibc 2.26.1)
- From: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann dot morin dot 1998 at free dot fr>
- To: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at gotplt dot org>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>, Zack Weinberg <zackw at panix dot com>, Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>, Romain Naour <romain dot naour at gmail dot com>, Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>, "Gabriel F. T. Gomes" <gabriel at inconstante dot eti dot br>, Arjan van de Ven <arjan at linux dot intel dot com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 17:55:20 +0200
- Subject: Re: Glibc stable release process (Glibc 2.26.1)
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Hello All! :-)
On 2017-10-16 15:20 +0200, Florian Weimer spake thusly:
> On 10/16/2017 02:48 PM, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
> >On Friday 13 October 2017 01:29 AM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> >>If you don't see a problem with that, I'm going to suggest this on a
> >>separate thread (it's too buried here to receive proper attention).
> >
> >This is a good idea in general and a trivial point to add to the release
> >process. Do you intend to propose this as a full replacement for point
> >releases (i.e. never do it) or just an added convenience for those who
> >don't care for point releases or a fallback for when the release manager
> >(or one of the package signers, i.e. Carlos, Joseph, me, etc.) does not
> >want to spend time on a point release?
>
> I think it's a sufficient replacement for point releases, but I suppose
> others will disagree.
Well, I won't re-hash the explanations I expressed, but I'll just state
that a point-release would be better, IMHO. It is not necessary to put
out tarballs, though; a tag would be enough.
I'll be at ELCE in Prague next week, so if anyone goes there, I'd be
happy to talk about this around a ${beverage}. ;-)
Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.
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