Proposed IcedTea 6 release

Mark Wielaard mark at klomp.org
Fri Aug 7 06:14:08 PDT 2009


On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 09:01 -0400, Lillian Angel wrote:
> > If we're going to delay the new release to get the ARM thing in and
> > then test it, it may be weeks before a release appears with the
> > security fixes.  The minor release would fill this gap, ensuring there
> > is a patched release but without a need for extensive testing of new
> > features/changes.
> >   
> Ok, understood. I can do the release today if everyone agrees this is 
> what we want to do.

A rather see a real release with all the new stuff in instead of
delaying it for a new release cycle to add even more stuff. But if
backporting selected security patches to a minor release is easier for
you then go for that.

Cheers,

Mark




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