On 2/17/15, 3:01 PM, Boris Kolpackov bo...@codesynthesis.com wrote:
See it from my POV: I have a ton of users that are pretty happy with
3.1.1. Now comes Scott and wants to cut a half-tested release just
to satisfy his immediate needs. Once you do this I will start getting
emails from my users
Hi Scott,
Cantor, Scott canto...@osu.edu writes:
I don't either, but to be blunt, the branch shouldn't be in the state it's
in if you think it needs that much testing, because if a security issue
pops up, you don't have the luxury of taking a lot of time.
I completely understand your
On 2/17/15, 4:00 PM, Boris Kolpackov bo...@codesynthesis.com wrote:
As far as docs go, I obviously need specifics.
You will have to go through the website docs and figure what needs
updating. If something specific is unclear, ask and I will try to
help. But don't expect me to provide a
On 2/17/15, 4:41 PM, Cantor, Scott canto...@osu.edu wrote:
Is this the document mentioned earlier?
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/c/admin/release-procedure.txt
If you could at least skim it for any errors, that would be a big help.
Never mind, I missed the note at the top, from you in
On 2/17/15, 9:01 AM, Boris Kolpackov bo...@codesynthesis.com wrote:
What about other platforms?! If this class is defined in a public header
(i.e., a header that is installed) and the function is virtual, then this
is an ABI change.
It's a struct, in an impl/ header marked as do not use, and the
On 2/17/15, 9:10 AM, Boris Kolpackov bo...@codesynthesis.com wrote:
I've reviewed all the resolved issues against the trunk, and backported
15-20 or so to the branch.
Once I have access I'll commit.
Before you do this have someone review your back-ports to double
check there are no ABI
On 2/17/15, 9:07 AM, Boris Kolpackov bo...@codesynthesis.com wrote:
I definitely don't have the cycles for a beta and it wouldn't fit my
timeline anway.
Then you shouldn't be making the release.
No, I shouldn't, but I didn't see any real alternative either. If somebody
else is going to, I
Hi Scott,
Cantor, Scott canto...@osu.edu writes:
It's been years, Boris. I think you're being very aggressive here with
somebody trying to help and able to do so only within the limits of his
own funding and project needs. That's how this stuff works. If you're
going to set requirements
Hi Scott,
Cantor, Scott canto...@osu.edu writes:
Correction, it's not an ABI change, the pool entry class isn't exported on
Windows...
What about other platforms?! If this class is defined in a public header
(i.e., a header that is installed) and the function is virtual, then this
is an ABI
Hi Scott,
Cantor, Scott canto...@osu.edu writes:
I definitely don't have the cycles for a beta and it wouldn't fit my
timeline anway.
Then you shouldn't be making the release.
I'm on VC10 for my builds, and I believe those are already there.
What about other users of Xerces-C++? When we
Hi Scott,
Cantor, Scott canto...@osu.edu writes:
I've reviewed all the resolved issues against the trunk, and backported
15-20 or so to the branch.
Once I have access I'll commit.
Before you do this have someone review your back-ports to double
check there are no ABI breakages.
Boris
On 2/16/15, 2:51 PM, Cantor, Scott canto...@osu.edu wrote:
The fix on trunk changes the ABI by adding a length field to the string
pool entries. I probably can come up with one that doesn't by just doing
the length checking, at the cost of some efficiency.
Correction, it's not an ABI change,
I've reviewed all the resolved issues against the trunk, and backported
15-20 or so to the branch.
Once I have access I'll commit.
I don't have access to Jira either of course. I watched everything I
backported for now, I can at least note it in a comment, but I can't alter
the fix versions
On 2/16/15, 11:52 AM, Boris Kolpackov bo...@codesynthesis.com wrote:
Unless you are prepared to do a good amount of testing (I can help
somewhat but you will have to take the lead, e.g., package a beta,
announce it, etc, etc), I would strongly suggest that you do the
bug-fix release (i.e.,
Hi Scott,
Cantor, Scott canto...@osu.edu writes:
FWIW, I've done very little testing of trunk other than building it,
so I don't have a sense of how good a shape it's in or how much has
changed.
Unless you are prepared to do a good amount of testing (I can help
somewhat but you will have to
Hey Scott,
Its not very active these days. I don't think we have an official policy on
Committers from other areas having access. I think it would be great so will
grant you access if no one objects over the weekend.
There is also a security patch we need to sea with (will mail you privately
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