Re: Is this a release blocker for 5.43.9?

On 3/20/26 06:54, Eric Herman wrote:
> While testing 5.43.9 tarballs prior to release, I encountered a  
> YAML::PP failure related to Tie::IxHash.
> 
> We bisected the commits between 5.43.8 and 5.43.9 (not pushed) and found
> 
> # first bad commit: [b3f68b479c9876437620503fb7d54e14bceadcee] Convert 
> OP_CONST hash keys in key+val lists to HEKs
> 
> Should this block the  5.43.9 release?
> 

IMO, it should not block 5.43.9 -- though we should, of course, try to 
fix it before then if possible.

We generally reserve the term "release-blocker" for something that must 
be fixed before the annual *production* release can be issued.  To me, 
at least, this implies a stricter standard than we would use for a 
monthly dev release.

At the moment I'm confirming your report with our regular 
Porting/bisect.pl program.  When that is done I'll open a bug ticket and 
label it BBC.  That should be the place where we discuss the specific 
Tie-IxHash/YAML-PP problem.  If this problem is severe enough, we can 
always slap a "release blocker" label on the ticket.