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Re: next test release (5th)


On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 09:26:58AM +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> >>>>> Ulrich Drepper writes:
> 
>  > I've handled now all the mails which came in for the last versions and
>  > which actually can be handled.  If you know about anything else let me
>  > know.
> 
>  > This means it's a good time to make a new test release since some bugs
>  > are fixed and deserve testing.
> 
>  > Given how few bugs turned up since the last test release I really hope
>  > we reached the point when we can make the 2.2 release.  I'm not
>  > counting changes in ports.  No port beside the stable ones should be
>  > considered when making a release (x86, m68, Alpha, PPC, SPARC, Arm).
>  > And those stable ports seem to have no more problems.
> 
>  > I hope to find the time to make the .95 test release over the weekend.
>  > Depending on how many reports we get this could very well be a release
>  > candidate and the following release could be final.
> 
>  > And no, I don't want to wait for Linus to get his acts together
>  > especially since releasing the 2.4 kernel does not mean that no new
>  > features get introduced for 2.4.1.  We'll have to make adjustments
>  > anyway.
> 
> 
>  > If you have any pending changes (like Andreas with ldconfig) try to
>  > get them to me ASAP.  Any other issues should be raised now as well.
> 
> I'm not sure the ldconfig changes make it.  I'm moving across the
> country next week and have two weeks holiday.  I'll try to look at it
> again today but if you don't get anything, I won't make it in time for
> the release :-(.

If it is the -r and chroot thing, I can write a patch (but let me know if
you're working on it or not, so that we don't write it twice).

	Jakub

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