Re: plans for 8.21 release

[Pádraig Brady]

On 02/06/2013 01:18 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 01/23/2013 12:11 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> > On 01/21/2013 10:47 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> > > coreutils 8.20 was released on 2012-10-23
> > >
> > > So given the current stack of changes:
> > > http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=blob;f=NEWS;h=754b2cf8
> > > I think it's worth cutting a release soon.
> > >
> > > I was hoping to do a release in maybe 2.5 weeks including,
> > > latest gnulib, numfmt, selinux enhancements to cp,mv,
> > > and this cut adjustment http://bugs.gnu.org/13498,
> > > since there are already a lot of cut fixes in this release.
> > >
> > > BTW, I'm wary about adding dd [io]flag=seekable support,
> > > as I'm unsure of its usefulness.  I'm waiting for more +1s
> > > on that thread before merging/discarding.
> > >
> > > So I hope to release a snapshot Jan 30th,
> > > and after a week of testing release on Feb 7th.
> >
> > I'd also like to look at the df deduplication patch,
> > which was backported downstream and has caused some issues:
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887763
>
> The df dedupe issues should be addressed now.
> numfmt has landed, and there have been a couple
> more bug fixes in the meantime.
>
> I'd still like to get to review/push the
> selinux enhancements to cp,mv for this release,
> so the schedule above has slipped by about a week.

On consideration the selinux changes are a bit invasive/risky
for this release, which is now comprised mostly of fixes,
with a few low risk changes.  There is little benefit to
merging for this release.  I'll merge soon after.

> Expect a snapshot to test in a few days.

snapshot tomorrow.

thanks,
Pádraig.