Re: 3.0.7

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On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 at 23:22, Marko Lindqvist <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>  All the bootstrap file backports we wanted to 3.0.7 have been made,
> overall resolved ticket count ( as reported in
> https://osdn.net/projects/freeciv/ticket/milestone/3736 ) is 94 already,
> so we would have some content to release. Also, it's close to two months
> since 3.0.6 release (actually; even if we started release preparations
> immediately, the release date would be past the two months mark)
>
>  I'll go through the ticket situation this coming weekend, to understand
> how important it would be to get the content we already have, released.
> There would also be arguments for delaying the release a bit. We currently
> have no interesting outside deadlines to match (freeciv-3.0.7 is not going
> to miss out from distribution releases simply because it misses their
> deadline). Just this week we've got a bunch of fresh new bug reports
> (thanks for the increased testing coverage!), and it could make sense to
> still fix some of those to 3.0.7 so that further testing is not delayed by
> a release cycle, until 3.0.8, in cases where people test on stable
> releases. Most importantly, I'm worried that we may have some serious
> regressions since 3.0.6. I'll investigate that, and if they indeed are
> regressions, then we either have to fix them, or to revert whatever caused
> them.
>
>
  FYI: Likely 3.0.7 release date is Friday Apr 7th. While the date is still
uncertain, I wanted to inform you immediately as it's now less than two
weeks away, and thus the string freeze is less than a week away.


 - ML

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 at 23:22, Marko Lindq=
vist &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wro=
te:<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s=
tyle=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);pad=
ding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><br></div><div>=C2=A0All the bootstrap=
 file backports we wanted to 3.0.7 have been made, overall resolved ticket =
count ( as reported in <a href=3D"https://osdn.net/projects/freeciv/ticket/=
milestone/3736" target=3D"_blank">https://osdn.net/projects/freeciv/ticket/=
milestone/3736</a> ) is 94 already, so we would have some content to releas=
e. Also, it&#39;s close to two months since 3.0.6 release (actually; even i=
f we started release preparations immediately, the release date would be pa=
st the two months mark)</div><div><br></div><div>=C2=A0I&#39;ll go through =
the ticket situation this coming weekend, to understand how important it wo=
uld be to get the content we already have, released. There would also be ar=
guments for delaying the release a bit. We currently have no interesting ou=
tside deadlines to match (freeciv-3.0.7 is not going to miss out from distr=
ibution releases simply because it misses their deadline). Just this week w=
e&#39;ve got a bunch of fresh new bug reports (thanks for the increased tes=
ting coverage!), and it could make sense to still fix some of those to 3.0.=
7 so that further testing is not delayed by a release cycle, until 3.0.8, i=
n cases where people test on stable releases. Most importantly, I&#39;m wor=
ried that we may have some serious regressions since 3.0.6. I&#39;ll invest=
igate that, and if they indeed are regressions, then we either have to fix =
them, or to revert whatever caused them.</div><div><br></div></div></blockq=
uote><div><br></div><div>=C2=A0 FYI: Likely 3.0.7 release date is Friday Ap=
r 7th. While the date is still uncertain, I wanted to inform you immediatel=
y as it&#39;s now less than two weeks away, and thus the string freeze is l=
ess than a week away.</div><div><br></div><div>=C2=A0</div><div>=C2=A0- ML<=
/div><div><br></div></div></div>

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