Re: Emacs 31 release-blocking bugs

Eshel Yaron [28/Jul  6:52pm +02] wrote:
> Sean Whitton <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> These are the open bugs, at the time of writing, that I think we need to
>> either fix or decide not to fix before we can prepare a release
>> candidate.
>>
> [...]
>
>> - #81254 work-buffer--release incorrectly resets current-buffer on first
>>    release, clearing mark-active
>
> That only affects master if I'm not mistaken, not the release branch.

Thanks, I've written to the bug to try to confirm this.

>> I ignored anything that is reproducible in Emacs 30 and not serious.
>> I focused on things that are about new features added or significantly
>> modified in Emacs 31, and started from the date of the feature freeze,
>> both at Eli's suggestion.
>
> Please consider waiting for some mitigation for the vulnerability Stefan
> described in bug#80574.
> It's a serious security concern, better fix it before the release.

That bug is present in Emacs 30, so 31.1 release does not need to wait
on it.  As soon as we have a fix we are happy with we will do another
point release.

-- 
Sean Whitton