On 03/12/2012 08:40 PM, Dmitry V. Levin wrote: > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 08:00:46PM +0100, Denys Vlasenko wrote: >> On 03/12/2012 02:47 PM, Dmitry V. Levin wrote: >>>>>>> But I'd like to hear from Denys about PTRACE_SEIZE perspective first. >>>>>>> We surely won't release PTRACE_SEIZE_DEVEL code enabled by default >>>>>>> because >>>>>>> the kernel API might change. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm going to ask kernel people to drop PTRACE_SEIZE_DEVEL. >>>>> >>>>> The patch was submitted in February, but current v3.3-rc6-240-gc7b2855 >>>>> still insists on PTRACE_SEIZE_DEVEL. Is there a prospect to release >>>>> without PTRACE_SEIZE_DEVEL any time soon, or should we rather leave this >>>>> experimental code disabled in the next release? >>>> >>>> It's in linux-next git: >>> [...] >>>> Looks like this change will go into linux-3.4 >>> >>> So it is not going to be in a released kernel this spring? >> >> I guess not. > > OK, let's release without USE_SEIZE enabled then. There is a lot of > stuff waiting since 4.6, more than enough to justify a release. It's > such a pity we didn't have a policy to update the NEWS file along with > committing noteworthy changes. > > What version should this release be, 4.6.1 or 4.7?
I prefer 4.7. We need to be able to release critical bugfix versions without resorting to ridiculous names like 4.6.1.1. -- vda ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Strace-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/strace-devel
