Re: Jython 2.7.2b

Agreed with a quick beta. There has been significant progress here, it's
time to finalize this release.

On Thu, Jul 25, 2019, 8:29 PM Adam Burke <[email protected]> wrote:

> It would be great to get 2.7.2b out.
>
> I made some more progress on locale after I had to put it down for a
> while. Hope to have the next patch out soon, but I agree it should not be a
> blocker.
>
> I think it makes sense to drop Java 7 support. Would you drop immediately,
> or announce now that it will be dropped in 2.7.3?
>
> My $0.02 on duration is a month of beta is heaps now people are used to
> higher frequency releases of software generally.
>
> Adam
>
> > 在 2019年7月26日，上午7:08，Jeff Allen <[email protected]> 写道：
> >
> > The list we made in 2018 of bugs essential to fix for 2.7.2 <
> https://bugs.jython.org/issue?@columns=title,id,activity,status&@sort=-activity&@group=priority&@filter=status,milestone&@pagesize=50&@startwith=0&status=1&milestone=4&@dispname=Milestone%202.7.2>,
> despite adding new ones that looked like we ought to, and those where
> somebody just fancied doing it, is now almost empty. The ones left open
> relate to:
> >
> > 1. The website, where James has done a great job with GithHub and we
> >   just need to get jython.org pointed at it. (#2658, #1590)
> > 2. Gradle, where I've done all I know how to, and would like user
> >   experience to tell us what is lacking. (#2121, #2182)
> >
> > Two more things would be nice to have, but I don't count them as
> blockers:
> >
> > 1. Adam's partial implementation of locale. (GH-132
> >   <https://github.com/jythontools/jython/pull/132>)
> > 2. Adopt standard Java logging. (#2278, #2778
> >   <https://bugs.jython.org/issue2778>)
> >
> > Bottom line: I think we might be ready to release a beta.
> >
> > I think it possible to add locale during it, as it is "opt-in", but
> would rather find a bug now than in 2.7.3.
> >
> > A few proper bugs remain "pending" that were on the 2.7.2 list, simply
> waiting to close, except (#2230 <https://bugs.jython.org/issue2230>)
> where I would like have the feeedback that gives me the confidence to close
> it, from an environment that exercises it properly. A few questions:
> >
> > Am I missing anything?
> >
> > Should we drop support for Java 7 at this point? (18 months ago,
> maintaining support was sensible, but this has taken a year longer than
> intended.)
> >
> > How long from beta to rc1 (if all is well)?
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > Jeff Allen
> >
> >
> >
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