On 4 August 2015 at 11:54, Stefan Sperling <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 06:56:27PM +0200, Stefan Sperling wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 07:23:42AM +0200, Branko Čibej wrote: >> > The 1.7.21 release artefacts are now available for testing/signing. >> > >> > Please get the tarballs from >> > >> > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/subversion/ >> > >> > and add your signatures there. >> > >> > Thanks! >> >> Summary: +1 to release > > There is a problem with the test suite in 1.7.21. > Most tests failed with an argument error because the --http-version > option was not properly integrated. > > I've fixed the 1.7.x test suite in http://svn.apache.org/r1694012 > > How do we proceed from here? > > 1) Toss 1.7.21 and re-roll 1.7.22 > > 2) Declare this as a known problem in 1.7.21 and provide the small > patch to fix in the release announcement. > > Given the status of the 1.7.x branch, I'm inclined to go for option 2). > This problem only affects the test suite and the patches that went into 1.7.x > are also part of all other planned releases, so I see very little risk. > I think we should go with option (1). The testsuite bug affects all tests over http:// protocol. Another argument that 1.7.21 likely will be last 1.7.x release, since 1.9.0 is going to be released soon.
-- Ivan Zhakov
