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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: ready for 8.5?
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:58:58 +0200

With today's sort fix, in spite of it being for the
obsolete option format, I'm inclined to release coreutils-8.5.

Do any of you know of pending problems you'd like to see fixed in 8.5?

Message #8 received at 5987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: 5987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5987: ready for 8.5?
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:17:59 +0100

On 20/04/10 17:58, Jim Meyering wrote:
> With today's sort fix, in spite of it being for the
> obsolete option format, I'm inclined to release coreutils-8.5.
> 
> Do any of you know of pending problems you'd like to see fixed in 8.5?

No bugs outstanding for me and nothing seems pending at:
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/pkgreport.cgi?package=coreutils

I'm sitting on features, some done, all mostly done,
so perhaps now is a good time to stabilize before
throwing those into the mix.

It has been just over 3 months since the last release.

cheers,
Pádraig.

Message #11 received at 5987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>, 5987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5987: ready for 8.5?
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:26:14 -0600

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On 04/20/2010 04:17 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 20/04/10 17:58, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> With today's sort fix, in spite of it being for the
>> obsolete option format, I'm inclined to release coreutils-8.5.
>>
>> Do any of you know of pending problems you'd like to see fixed in 8.5?
> 
> No bugs outstanding for me and nothing seems pending at:
> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/pkgreport.cgi?package=coreutils
> 
> I'm sitting on features, some done, all mostly done,
> so perhaps now is a good time to stabilize before
> throwing those into the mix.

Given that we are releasing in part because of sort, I think we could
justify turning on your sort --debug patch.  It seems like we can only
help ourselves in answering bug reports about sort if we get that in
first.  Or put another way, the very existence of the patch will help us
identify if the patch somehow introduced inadvertent regressions.

I don't have anything other than my doc patch for sort outstanding that
I think is worth including now.

I also started a thread on gnulib a couple weeks ago on how best to use
xfreopen (actually, a new interface) to properly enable binary mode
without clobbering append mode, but haven't gotten back to it.  However,
the effect on cygwin of keeping the current code is no different than it
was for 8.4 (that is, it is not a showstopper to fix it before releasing
8.5).

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake <at> redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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Message #14 received at 5987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chen Guo <chenguo4 <at> yahoo.com>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>,
	Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: 5987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5987: ready for 8.5?
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:25:07 -0700 (PDT)

Hi Padraig,

> I'm sitting on features, some done, all mostly done,
> so perhaps now is a good time to stabilize before
> throwing those into the mix.

If those features include my work on sort and split, I'm
down to help you out with cleaning up stuff if you need
it. Just let me know.

Message #17 received at 5987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: 5987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5987: ready for 8.5?
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:38:14 +0100

On 20/04/10 23:17, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 20/04/10 17:58, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> With today's sort fix, in spite of it being for the
>> obsolete option format, I'm inclined to release coreutils-8.5.
>>
>> Do any of you know of pending problems you'd like to see fixed in 8.5?
> 
> No bugs outstanding for me and nothing seems pending at:
> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/pkgreport.cgi?package=coreutils
> 
> I'm sitting on features, some done, all mostly done,
> so perhaps now is a good time to stabilize before
> throwing those into the mix.
> 
> It has been just over 3 months since the last release.

In view of the pending release, how about this NEWS fixup?

commit 7dc398a30f9edee4af9d0676d7c682db0f83fa8d
Author: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Date:   Wed Apr 21 07:50:39 2010 +0100

    maint: update a couple of NEWS items for the pending release

    * NEWS: Mention that cp and mv from the previous release did
    not support preserving extended attributes (fixed in e489fd04).
    Improve the grammar for the "cp capabilities" item.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 32ea392..c27419c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-

 ** Bug fixes

-  cp now preserves "capabilities" also when preserving file ownership.
+  cp and mv once again support preserving extended attributes.
+  [bug introduced in coreutils-8.4]
+
+  cp now preserves "capabilities" when also preserving file ownership.

   ls --color once again honors the 'NORMAL' dircolors directive.
   [bug introduced in coreutils-6.11]

Message #20 received at 5987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: 5987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5987: ready for 8.5?
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:15:40 +0200

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> In view of the pending release, how about this NEWS fixup?
>
> commit 7dc398a30f9edee4af9d0676d7c682db0f83fa8d
> Author: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
> Date:   Wed Apr 21 07:50:39 2010 +0100
>
>     maint: update a couple of NEWS items for the pending release
>
>     * NEWS: Mention that cp and mv from the previous release did
>     not support preserving extended attributes (fixed in e489fd04).
>     Improve the grammar for the "cp capabilities" item.
>
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index 32ea392..c27419c 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
>
>  ** Bug fixes
>
> -  cp now preserves "capabilities" also when preserving file ownership.
> +  cp and mv once again support preserving extended attributes.
> +  [bug introduced in coreutils-8.4]
> +
> +  cp now preserves "capabilities" when also preserving file ownership.

Good point.  Thanks!

Message #23 received at 5987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: 5987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5987: ready for 8.5?
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:40:22 +0100

On 21/04/10 00:26, Eric Blake wrote:
> Given that we are releasing in part because of sort, I think we could
> justify turning on your sort --debug patch.  It seems like we can only
> help ourselves in answering bug reports about sort if we get that in
> first.  Or put another way, the very existence of the patch will help us
> identify if the patch somehow introduced inadvertent regressions.

The patch is not ready unfortunately, so I wouldn't hold up the release for it.
It doesn't handle tabs for one thing and it doesn't produce warnings yet for
various things I'd like. I'll keep working on it in my evanescent free time.

cheers,
Pádraig.

Message #28 received at 5987-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
To: 5987-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5987: ready for 8.5?
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:37:59 -0600

Jim Meyering wrote:
> With today's sort fix, in spite of it being for the
> obsolete option format, I'm inclined to release coreutils-8.5.
> 
> Do any of you know of pending problems you'd like to see fixed in 8.5?

With the release having been announced I am closing this issue.

  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils-announce/2010-04/msg00000.html

  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2010-04/msg00013.html

Congratulations to all involved!

Bob

Message #29 received at 5987-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: 5987-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5987: ready for 8.5?
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:11:37 +0100

On 24/04/10 21:37, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> With today's sort fix, in spite of it being for the
>> obsolete option format, I'm inclined to release coreutils-8.5.
>>
>> Do any of you know of pending problems you'd like to see fixed in 8.5?
> 
> With the release having been announced I am closing this issue.
> 
>   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils-announce/2010-04/msg00000.html
> 
>   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2010-04/msg00013.html
> 
> Congratulations to all involved!

I've just updated my mailing list summary to coincide with
the new release. I've been doing this for the last year now
every quarter or so, and will continue to do it I think
even though it overlaps a little with the new bug tracker.

http://www.pixelbeat.org/patches/coreutils/

I'll probably link to the above from
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
I'll also add a link to the new bug tracker
from that page also.

cheers,
Pádraig.

Message #32 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org, coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5987: ready for 8.5?
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:14:09 +0100

On 24/04/10 21:37, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> With today's sort fix, in spite of it being for the
>> obsolete option format, I'm inclined to release coreutils-8.5.
>>
>> Do any of you know of pending problems you'd like to see fixed in 8.5?
> 
> With the release having been announced I am closing this issue.
> 
>   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils-announce/2010-04/msg00000.html
> 
>   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2010-04/msg00013.html
> 
> Congratulations to all involved!

I've just updated my mailing list summary to coincide with
the new release. I've been doing this for the last year now
every quarter or so, and will continue to do it I think
even though it overlaps a little with the new bug tracker.

http://www.pixelbeat.org/patches/coreutils/

I'll probably link to the above from
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
I'll also add a link to the new bug tracker
from that page also.

cheers,
Pádraig.

Message #35 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: Bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org, coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: [coreutils] Re: bug#5987: ready for 8.5?
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:29:06 +0200

Pádraig Brady wrote:

> On 24/04/10 21:37, Bob Proulx wrote:
>> Jim Meyering wrote:
>>> With today's sort fix, in spite of it being for the
>>> obsolete option format, I'm inclined to release coreutils-8.5.
>>>
>>> Do any of you know of pending problems you'd like to see fixed in 8.5?
>>
>> With the release having been announced I am closing this issue.
>>
>>   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils-announce/2010-04/msg00000.html
>>
>>   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2010-04/msg00013.html
>>
>> Congratulations to all involved!
>
> I've just updated my mailing list summary to coincide with
> the new release. I've been doing this for the last year now
> every quarter or so, and will continue to do it I think
> even though it overlaps a little with the new bug tracker.
>
> http://www.pixelbeat.org/patches/coreutils/

Very useful summary.  Thanks!

> I'll probably link to the above from
> http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/

Maybe from TODO, too.

> I'll also add a link to the new bug tracker

I see you did.
In case you'd prefer, here's a more concise link:

  http://debbugs.gnu.org/coreutils

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