[M3devel] RC2 Release Engineering Status and Trac-king

[Tony Hosking]

On 18 Jul 2009, at 08:58, Jay K wrote:

> > cm3ide crash
>
> still happens -- if /cm3/examples doesn't exist.

Sounds like instructions need to be explicit to install/copy the  
examples directory.  I've not yet tried cm3ide.

> Doesn't crash if empty /cm3/examples created.
> To get it to crash, click on the "examples" link.
> Now I can't debug it, gdb won't debug my AMD64 binary, wierd.
>
>  > m3tohtml crash
>
> I was able to see it crash, and then not crash with my config file  
> changes.
> Since it is run in the Tinderbox though, that should provide extra  
> confirmation.
>
> remove/simplify dynamic library version numbering?
>
>  > Can be left alone.
>
> I meant specifically for this release.
> For next release I'd like to reconsider.
>
>
>  - Jay
>
>
> From: jay.krell at cornell.edu
> To: wagner at elegosoft.com; m3devel at elegosoft.com
> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:27:46 +0000
> CC: admins at elego.de
> Subject: Re: [M3devel] RC2 Release Engineering Status and Trac-king
>
> My opinion on some of these:
>
> cm3ide crash (NIL pointer?) #1002
>
> probably fixed but needs retesting
>
> m3tohtml crash
>
> probably fixed but needs retesting
>
> broken m3overrides
>
> probably fixed but need to wait for Tinderbox to confirm
> I can migrate more of them to the one master, but that's not required.
> And there are some variations that need to be preserved, so it has  
> to be all
> human reviewed.
>
> remove/simplify dynamic library version numbering?
>
> Can be left alone.
> I advocate removing the versions entirely.
> However the "complexity" here is very hidden anyway.
>
> m3gdb doesn't build on Darwin
>
> I think we punt on this for this release.
> Just update the distribution building to skip it.
> I think the fix is probably to import Apple's fork.
> I don't like it either, but it's probably the "best" way (short of
> the unlikely Apple/FSF merge).
>
>
> mentor startup crash on Darwin
>
> PPC_DARWIN? All Darwin?
> ie: What I reported?
> Yes sounds bad.
> Maybe the same thing as formsedit.
>
>
>  - Jay
>
>
> > Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:18:22 +0200
> > From: wagner at elegosoft.com
> > To: m3devel at elegosoft.com
> > CC: admins at elego.de
> > Subject: [M3devel] RC2 Release Engineering Status and Trac-king
> >
> > We really need to use some tools to help us keep (or gain?)
> > control of the release process. Trac has been available for more
> > than a year, but nobody has actively used it. Maybe this is a good
> > time now :-)
> >
> > I've started by sketching a roadmap with RC2, 5.8 and 5.9.
> > See here: https://projects.elego.de/cm3/roadmap
> >
> > Please add all the problems that were just reported via mail
> > to the trac database with `new ticket':
> > https://projects.elego.de/cm3/newticket.
> >
> > I've tried it for the cm3ide crash (ticket 1002); it seems to work
> > fine. Some older bug reports are also still unresolved, but we can
> > check them later.
> >
> > It would also be helpful if all active developers had personalized
> > access and would help updating the tickets and the WiKi. Please send
> > mail to admins(at)elego.de to obtain an account from Michael or  
> Joffrey.
> >
> > Please let's use this; I'm afraid we'll lose control without it.
> >
> > It also has the advantage that the HTTP GUI is accessible from the
> > customer network I'm usually working on (while everything else is
> > blocked).
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your cooperation,
> >
> > Olaf
> > --
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