[dmd-beta] Preparation for 2.65

[Andrew Edwards]

On 1/9/14, 2:33 PM, Martin Nowak wrote:
> Now there is a v2.065-b1 tag for dmd.
> <https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/releases>https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/releases/tag/v2.065-b1
> This opens a can of questions.
> Who created it, why didn't anybody told me (and others) about it, how 
> was it decided that dmd is beta ready, what's the intent/plan for the 
> other repos?
> Please communicate before doing non-obvious steps so that others can 
> learn the process too.
>
Martin, I created this tag back when I just started. It was discussed in 
my initial announcement after creating the 2.065 branch. Either way, the 
tag will need to be deleted and recreated after all pushing the required 
files to build this release to the 2.065 branch. With your progress on 
vagrant/virtualbox I am hoping I will be able to build the 2.065 branch 
very soon. I have been able to use it to build head but not the 2.065 
branch. This is largely because patches are being merged to head but not 
pushed to the branch.
> Should we now tag all other repos? Who is feeling responsible for each 
> repo, e.g. tracks that regressions are fixed and tags the branch?
>
I am responsible for this. Request however, that this particular tag be 
deleted (v2.065-b1) because we're not ready. I am reading Pro Git right 
now because I made a number of mistakes a few weeks back and decided not 
to play in the live repo until I get a better grasp of how to use it. 
That being said, I will not delay the process because of my shortcomings 
so as soon as regressions are addressed and I can build the 2.065 branch 
without errors, I will release the beta.
> I'm making progress for automatic release building.
> https://github.com/MartinNowak/installer/tree/vagrant
I will check this out tonight. Thanks for the hard work.
> I still have to waste a lot of time (rebasing, workarounding...), 
> because nobody merges my mostly trivial installer pulls.
> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/installer/pulls
> Still here is a snapshot release of the 2.065 branches with a few 
> remaining issues.
> - FreeBSD has no dmd.conf
> - contains a few spurious .gitignore files
>
> Things to recheck.
> - link.exe is updated to optlink 8.00.15
> - OSX dmd binaries are all 64 bit
> - Is the increased size only due to the added FreeBSD binaries?
> - ??? help appreciated
>
> I'm working on these but would appreciate help in the form of 
> monitoring the installer repo.
> http://dlang.dawg.eu/download/dmd.2.065.snapshot.1.zip
>
> I remember that we found the name "beta" inappropriate during the last 
> release because
> there are still open regressions.
> Releasing a beta to helpful testers before obvious bugs are fixed is 
> rude because they will waste
> their time to reproduce know issues.
> To provide a single fix I can easily build more snapshots (takes about 
> 20 unattended minutes).
>
> -Martin
>
>
>
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