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A quick status update on 5.10.1: the schedule I posted below still stands, except of course that the 2 weeks for step 1 starts from now rather than Feb 23. I'm currently up to the beginning of January 2009 in terms of reviewing and merging blead changes. The catching up with blead seems to be a depressingly moveable feast. On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 05:59:29PM +0000, Dave Mitchell wrote: > Here's the current timetable for 5.10.1 (such as it is): > > 1) Finish off the backlog of merging from bleed (~ 2 weeks) > > 2) dampen any smoking fires > > 3) push out a snapshot, principally to check that the merged changes and > module updates all seem okay > > 4a) fix smartmatching and known regressions from 5.8.x > 4b) synchronise dual-life modules with CPAN > 4c) dampen any remaining smoke > 4d) finish perldelta > > 5) push out RC1 and wait a week; rinse and repeat as necessary > > Note thate there won't be a single code-freeze point as such; more a > gradually increasing level of paranoia. However, after 1) and 2) I don't > envisage merging any scary changes, so in particular if a major dual-life > module update gets into bleed after that date, it's unlikely to get merged > into bleed. After that point, I will probably only be interested in module > updates that backport a bleed version to CPAN. > > > -- > More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path > leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. > Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly. > -- Woody Allen -- That he said that that that that is is is debatable, is debatable.Thread Previous | Thread Next