Re: [platform-testers] texinfo-7.0.2.90 pretest

[Sam James]

Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com> writes:

> We have uploaded the pretest for the next minor, bug-fix release of
> Texinfo, the GNU documentation format.
>
> https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-7.0.2.90.tar.xz
>
> As a bug-fix release, changes since version 7.0.2 are minimal so to reduce
> the likelihood of inadvertent breakages.
>
> Here are a list of the changes:
>
> * texi2any
>   . fix performance regression when Perl binary extension (XS) modules
>     are not being used (e.g. with TEXINFO_XS=omit)
>
> * info
>   . further fix of recoding of UTF-8 files to ASCII to avoid text
>     disappearing from nodes
>   . avoid possible freeze at start of a file with `-v nodeline=pointers'
>
> This pretest is made to allow further testing before an official
> release and to hopefully discover any problems before use by a larger
> audience.  Please report any issues to <bug-texinfo@gnu.org>.
>
> It is likely that this will be released as Texinfo 7.0.3 in a few days'
> time if there are no further issues.

Tested and OK on: hppa, ia64, sparc64, ppc64be, ppc64le, s390, s390x.

I'd like to say thanks Gavin again for this stable branch initiative
for texi, it's been quite helpful for us as a distribution in Gentoo.

best,
sam

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