Re: What is holding up 2.20 release?

[Jonas Hahnfeld]

Am Freitag, den 06.12.2019, 22:45 +0100 schrieb David Kastrup:
> Jonas Hahnfeld <address@hidden> writes:
> > Hi David,
> > Am Montag, den 18.11.2019, 18:10 +0100 schrieb Jonas Hahnfeld:
> > > Am Samstag, den 16.11.2019, 21:52 +0100 schrieb David Kastrup:
> > > > Carl Sorensen <address@hidden
> > > > 
> > > > > writes:Dear Team,
> > > > > It seems to me like we are pretty much in shape such that we 
> > > > > shouldrelease 2.20.  I'd be fine if we called 2.19.83-1 the 2.20 
> > > > > release,even if there are some critical regressions.  2.19.83 is SO 
> > > > > muchbetter than 2.18.2.
> > > > > IIUC, the only thing 2.20 is waiting on is for David K. to 
> > > > > cherry-picksome patches.  Is that correct?
> > > > 
> > > > And putting out a new prerelease to be sure that those are ok, 
> > > > andwaiting for the translators to catch up with cherry-picked 
> > > > patchescontaining stuff to be translated.
> > > > But the current roadblock is David K. cherry-picking some patches.  
> > > > Hereis a remaining list (not completely up to date with current 
> > > > master,though not missing much) to check for possible inclusion 
> > > > (assuming Ihave not overlooked something important pickable in the 
> > > > sequencebefore).  If you see something important here (or something not 
> > > > incurrent master), put in a word for it.
> > > 
> > > Thanks for the list of candidates, I processed around half of it fornow 
> > > (+ some dependencies as mentioned below).All commits that I think should 
> > > be "picked" are also readily availablein my branch 
> > > origin/dev/hahnjo/stable-2.20. Let me know if those are okand I can 
> > > easily push to stable/2.20.
> > 
> > I've noticed that you picked a handful of commits to stable/2.20 lastweek. 
> > Does it still make sense for me to maintain my branch (andcontinue going 
> > through the list) if you're doing the work yourselfanyhow?
> 
> I've worked from your list so far, checking the stuff individually,skipping 
> over things that just were too rife in conflict and so on, andusing 
> cherry-pick -x for keeping better track.  I'm not yet through theannotated 
> commit list you posted.  I've been working with yourpreparatory work and its 
> description but not with your branch.
> Does this help you deciding where to focus?

Ok, then I'll continue with the second half and post my findings once done.

Jonas

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