On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 01:13:03AM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 12:02:47AM +0200, Luk Claes wrote: > > Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > > > > > I just wanted to check with the release team about the state of > > > movabletype-opensource. > > > > > However, ideally I would like to ship the final 4.2 release with lenny. > > > Upstream are planning one more release candidate (probably) and then a > > > final release towards the end of July. This is after the advertised > > > freeze; however I anticipate the delta between rc4 and final to be quite > > > small, and to only contain bugfixes. > > > > > > Would a freeze exception for rc4 and/or the final release package be > > > approved, if required? > > > > It depends on what the changes are, how big they are and how much risk > > of breakage there is when the package is frozen... If it are only > > bugfixes chances are big we would consider it. > > 4.2 has now been released, a bit later than hoped. > > Comparing 4.2~rc4-1 with 4.2-1 is a bit tedious because of a perltidy > run by upstream and a large number of translation updates. > > If we look at the upstream repository > http://code.sixapart.com/svn/movabletype/branches/release-42/ > and generate two diffs representing changes between rc4 and final: > > r2834:2876 > r2877:2922 > > (ie ignoring the perltidy) and manually excluding doc/translations > changes and changes in the test suite then we get the slightly more > palatable diff attached: > > 37 files changed, 245 insertions(+), 165 deletions(-) > > Also notable is that Movable Type have mentioned several security issues > being fixed in rc5, though they aren't too specific: > > http://www.movabletype.org/2008/08/movable_type_42_rc5_and_security_updates.html > > Given all this, the low popcon count and lack of reverse dependencies, > and the fact that Six Apart do a *lot* of their own QA, I think that the > final package is a suitable candidate for lenny.
Hi, Without wishing to hassle, I just wanted to check that this hadn't been forgotten about (since it was a reply to an old thread). I'm away for a week from this afternoon in case there are any further questions, but the package is otherwise ready to migrate. Cheers, Dominic. -- Dominic Hargreaves | http://www.larted.org.uk/~dom/ PGP key 5178E2A5 from the.earth.li (keyserver,web,email) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
