Re: Windows patches for the next release

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Paul Smith <address@hidden>
> Cc: Denis Excoffier <address@hidden>, Pavel Fedin
>  <address@hidden>, Chris Faylor
>  <address@hidden>,  address@hidden
> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 08:47:39 -0400
> 
> There are some decisions to be made on outstanding Windows patches.
> Other than these I believe the next release is ready to go... not
> everything is fixed but at some point you have to pull the trigger.  I'm
> willing to apply the ones that are appropriate, but need some guidance
> from Eli.  Also, do you need another release tarball for testing, or is
> Git good enough?

I suggest another RC, I think the changes since the last one are
non-trivial.

> Things that I know of:
> 
> Spawn patch: at this point I think we'll have to leave this one out; it
> can continue to be applied as an external patch for now by those who
> want it and we can try to get an official patch for the next release.

I agree.

> abspath / DOS paths fix

I'd like to fix this one, it should be easy.

> Also, from Savannah:
> 
> https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?30323
> Not sure what the final word on this one is.
> 
> https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?15718
> Don't know if this is fixed, but probably too much for this release.

I'll take a look soon.