On Thu, Apr 12, 2018, at 10:03 AM, Bill Fenner wrote: > I'm sorry that I wasn't available for this meeting. I think one important > pain point is the overhead of doing releases - 5.7.3 was years ago and > there are very useful fixes in the 5.7 branch; why can't we just say "now's > a good time for 5.7.4 and if we don't get it right then we can release > 5.7.5 soon"? To be fair, I've never driven a net-snmp release so I don't > know what's involved.
I think from a project morale perspective it will be good to get a 5.7.4 out. At the very least, it'll show the world that the project is active (or active again if they choose to see it that way). Is there a working list of what bugs/features are planned for 5.7.4; if so, can that be finalized at this point? > > Bill > > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 11:31 AM, Ian Bruene <ianbru...@icei.org> wrote: > > > > > This morning we (Keith, Ian) met with an assortment of the NET-SNMP > > developers / contributors (primarily Bart Van Assche) to discuss how we > > could best help the project. The meeting went well, at least form our > > perspective. > > > > The pain points we identified were: > > > > * bug mountain > > > > * help users on the mailing list > > > > * patch / MR handling process > > > > * move out of SourceForge If a release of 5.7.4 is done in the next month or so, that might also be a good time to put up the "we're moving" sign. If we can get a few people whose done this before to get together, coming up with the plan could be done in parallel with the 5.7.4 work. > > > > * clean up headers in /include/net-snmp/system/ which are a mess and have > > import loops > > > > * #ifdef hell / too many supported configurations > > > > Keith is currently focused on streamlining the process of handling merge > > requests, which will make it easier to handle the bug mountain. I will > > probably be focusing on the headers for now in hopes that it will make > > other processes easier as well. We can help on the repo move whenever y'all > > are ready to pull the trigger on that. I have a few questions for the core team regarding this; expect another email to the mailing list in a little bit. > > > > -- > > *"In the end; what separates a Man, from a Slave? Money? Power? No. A Man > > Chooses, a Slave Obeys."* -- Andrew Ryan > > > > *"Utopia cannot precede the Utopian. It will exist the moment we are fit > > to occupy it."* -- Sophia Lamb > > > > I work for the Internet Civil Engineering Institute <https://icei.org/>, > > help us save the Internet from Entropy! > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Net-snmp-coders mailing list > > Net-snmp-coders@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Net-snmp-coders mailing list > Net-snmp-coders@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders -- Thanks, Keith (pantherse) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list Net-snmp-coders@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
