Re: release 3.0.2

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- On Tue, 8/19/08, address@hidden <address@hidden> wrote:

> From: address@hidden <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: release 3.0.2
> To: address@hidden
> Cc: "Jaroslav Hajek" <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 5:41 AM
> Quoting Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden>:
> > I do not think it is decent to make a release of
> whatever SW product if
> > it is known that built-in test suite fails.
> 
> I got very early out of bed this morning, so I'm not in
> the best mood.  
> So perhaps I'm over-reacting, but I don't think
> it's fair to call the  
> release manager indecent due to a bug in a release.
> 
> The process was:
>    1) Octave 3.0.2 was released.
>    2) A bug was found.
> And now you conclude that the release should be canceled?
> Bugs are  
> found every day, and fixes are made every day. That
> doesn't mean  
> releases should be made every day.
> 
> Søren

???

I didn't call the release manager indecent.

I probably do not understand the release procedure of 'octave'.

My expectations of a release procedure, as I wrote earlier, is that a
release is not made while there are failures in built-in test suite.

Standard

./configure
make
make check

sequence should be run before any release.

I.e. built-in test suite should cleanly run before a release; if it doesn't
run cleanly, the release is not made/announced.

If the release manager ran the sequence, and it showed no bugs, and other
builders see some bugs, then there's something wrong either in other
builders' setup or in release manager's setup or in tests.

Regards,
  Sergei.