Graham Dumpleton wrote:
> 
> On 09/07/2006, at 7:46 PM, Nicolas Lehuen wrote:
> 
>> OK, I'm currently checking in the fixes you suggested on the trunk.
>> Too bad we cannot write a unit test that checks for memory leaks.
>>
>> Jim, Graham, what shall we do for the 3.2.9 release ? Shall we keep on
>> with the current branch or backport the fixes ?
> 
> Were we anticipating doing another backport release in 3.2 branch prior to
> a 3.3 release if this memory leak issue hadn't come up? I have been off
> doing
> other stuff of late and haven't got around to finishing important bits
> for 3.3
> before it can be released with the new module importer. Thus, not sure when
> it might be ready. There certainly are other things that could be
> backported if
> we wanted to have another backport release. If we want to do another
> backport
> release anyway, is this memory leak serious enough to bail on 3.2.9 release
> and quickly produce a 3.2.10 with just this extra fix, or release 3.2.9
> and just
> add the memory leak fix to a future backport release for 3.2 branch.
> 
> Graham

+1 skip the 3.2.9 release
+1 backport to 3.2.x
+1 release 3.1.10 asap

I'd suggested a couple of months ago that we shoot for a 3.3 release in
October / November, and these memory leaks fixes should not wait that long.

Jim


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