Hi everybody, The list of changes is ready! Check out the flashrom v1.3 page on the wiki:
https://flashrom.org/Flashrom/1.3 -- Joursoir On Thu, 15 Dec 2022 13:20:21 +1100 Anastasia Klimchuk <a...@chromium.org> wrote: > Hello fashrom community, > > Great news! As subject says: first release candidate for 1.3 is tagged > as v1.3.0-rc1 > > The main thing that will be happening with RC1 now is testing. > > Few notes about testing and/or using flashrom built from v1.3.0-rc1. > > If you are a flashrom user who has never built flashrom from source > code, and always used a packaged release version, please continue > doing so for now. Release candidate is not a release yet, it is > possible some bugs will be found in RC1 and we will have RC2 to fix > those. Watch the mailing list for further announcements. > > If you are a developer and building flashrom from source is an > acceptable level of risk for you (because you've done that before, > tried new features from head before, have been developing / testing > your own patches, or tried / tested patches from other people in > community), then please feel free to use v1.3.0-rc1. > > Your help with testing and reporting bugs is highly appreciated! > No test case is too small: even if you can run one specific scenario, > it is an important contribution, and yes it helps! > > A special case of the above: if you are a developer and work in a > company that is using flashrom: if you could contribute to testing > v1.3.0-rc1 that would be really great! Perhaps (that's me "thinking > aloud") it is possible to point an automated tests suite to v1.3.0-rc1 > and run the tests? > > How to report a bug or successful testing: there are few options. > First option is to post on the mailing list (feel free to reply on > this thread, or create a new thread). > Second option is to add a comment to a ticket "Testing for release > v1.3" https://ticket.coreboot.org/issues/378. This would require an > account in bugtracker (coreboot account is fine). > Thirdly, of course, you can fix a bug and send a patch! :) Please set > a topic "for_1.3.x" > > And finally, > What's new since 1.2? > We've done ~1000 commits in ~3 years! The full exact list of "what's > new" is under construction, will be ready later :) > > Meanwhile, here is a very high-level unordered overview: > > meson support expanded, and documentation is added > build systems improvements, for both of them > new programmers added > new chips added > unit tests > misc cleanups / refactorings > removing global state / fixing memory leaks > write-protect > and write-protect emulation in dummyflasher > MAINTAINERS file > build script for jenkins upgraded > flashrom_tester improvements > manpage grew more info > ... > > Two features dropped from release: > promontory support > displaying progress in libflashrom operations > Due to the bugs that won't be possible to fix/test in time for 1.3. > Bug-fixes are planned for the release after (1.3+1). > > Thanks heaps everyone, for testing, using flashrom, and supporting the > release process in any other way! It is so much appreciated. > Happy holidays to everyone! > _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list -- flashrom@flashrom.org To unsubscribe send an email to flashrom-le...@flashrom.org
