Re: info reader crashes, if /usr/share/info/dir is unreadable

On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 11:34:02PM +0200, Preuße, Hilmar wrote:
> Am 06.05.2026 um 17:08 schrieb Gavin Smith:
> 
> Hello Gavin,
> 
> > I've committed this change to the release/7.3 branch (commit
> > 65c50646e2). It applies cleanly to that branch, but not directly to
> > the Texinfo 7.3 release because of subsequent commits on the release
> > branch (in total, there have only been four post-release commits on
> > the release branch so not a lot to try if you want to).
> > 
> 
> We now have gettext 0.26 in Debian and I could test building your git repo.
> I can confirm that the specific issue is solved.
> 
> Are there time plans for the next release?

There is no new release in sight whatsoever.

There could be a bug fix release at some point but this depends on whether the 
bugs fixed are major enough to warrant such a release.