Heads up: IcedTea6 1.4 is on the way

Andrew Haley aph at redhat.com
Wed Jan 28 07:45:12 PST 2009


Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> 2009/1/28 Lillian Angel <langel at redhat.com>:
>> Mark Wielaard wrote:

>>> It would be nice to at least update the NEWS file with the actual
>>> release date (and hopefully all the new goodies that went in).

No, this is quite impossible.  A release tarball is made and the release
is tested.  Once that's done, the tarball is golden.  You do not go fiddling
with files inside the tarball.

>> I am not sure where to draw the line. It has been difficult to coordinate
>> all the testing, and I am afraid we are running short of time and resources.
>> Everything else has been put on the backburner to get this tested and out.
>> What are everyone else's thoughts?

There are three JDI failures.  While this is unfortunate, it's not IMO
a show-stopper for a release.

Andrew.



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