Re: Release 1.2.1: status

[zimoun]

Hi Leo,

On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 at 14:09, Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 09:50:55AM +0100, zimoun wrote:
>> The release work happens on master.  The branch wip-next-release
>> contains fixes, but AFAIK, it is not built by the CI, and these fixes
>> are ’core-updates’-like changes; I do not know if it is doable to merge
>> on time.
>
> I agree. The scope of ungrafting has grown way too large, and we need to
> spend the rest of the time fixing bugs.

I agree.  For instance, I have started to see if zstd could be ungrafted
and with my knowledge, my time available considering the other parts to
check, and my CPU available to build a lot, IMHO, it is not possible to
be on time.

> Maybe there are some things we could ungraft in time, or that are
> failing to work properly as grafts (ImageMagick / broken Inkscape?) and
> should thus be ungrafted or somehow adjusted.

I have not check at ImageMagick specifically.  My feeling about the
recent grafts is that they are more than security fixes because they are
often version upgrades.  And version upgrade often implies breakage here
or there.  Therefore, I agree they need to be adjusted and maybe, IMHO,
we could have a gratf freeze starting on April 1rst in order to have
time to check that everything is fine, AFAWCT.

> From the wip-next-release branch, we should cherry-pick the tzdata
> updates and Qt 4 removal.
>
> I'll rewrite the branch with those commits today, and then see about
> getting it built on CI.

Do you mean cherry-pick and then push them to master?


Cheers,
simon