GNU bug report logs - #24429
New mailing list: grep-devel@gnu.org, and preparing for a new release

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Message #10 received at 24429-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: grep-devel <at> gnu.org, 24429-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24429: New mailing list: grep-devel <at> gnu.org, and preparing
 for a new release
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 20:14:12 -0700

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> wrote:
> If you're interested in grep development and announcements, please
> subscribe to the new list, grep-devel <at> gnu.org, via this link:
> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grep-devel.
>
> Why? The bug-grep list is for bug reports: every new thread there gets
> its own auto-created "issue" that must then be triaged and eventually
> closed. It does not make sense to require that for many announcement
> or discussion-style (non-bug) threads.
>
> I will probably post about the next release to the bug list, but not after that.
>
> In case I have your attention, still, please chime in if you have any
> non-invasive/safe pending patches, because I want to make a new
> release soon, in large part for this bug fix:
>
> ** Bug fixes
>
>   Grep no longer omits output merely because it follows an output line
>   suppressed due to encoding errors.  [bug introduced in grep-2.21]

No one replied, so I am preparing a pre-release snapshot.

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