IcedTea-Web 1.1 release status

[Deepak Bhole]

* Deepak Bhole <dbhole at redhat.com> [2011-05-16 14:43]:
> * Deepak Bhole <dbhole at redhat.com> [2011-05-06 18:05]:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Over the past few days I have found some rather important issues in the
> > plugin that I feel need to be fixed. Due to me being at the Red Hat
> > Summit over most of this week I've only now been able to start looking
> > into them.
> > 
> > I think it would be best to push the release to some time next week. I
> > will send another update on Monday/Tuesday on the status of the fixes.
> > 
> > The issues that need addressing are:
> > - NPN_getURL attempts recursive action and hangs (FF4 only)
> > - FF randomly crashes due to calls from incorrect (non-main) threads to
> >   NP* functions ... the cause was unknown to me until early this week..
> >   only now found a better reproducer
> > 
> > I'd rather see us release a good product slightly late than a bad one
> > early :)
> > 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Despite my best efforts, I have been unable to work on 1.1 release due
> to other more time sensitive items on my plate :(
> 
> We found some regressions in 1.1 recently and I am going on vacation 
> until the 25th. Rather than hastily release 1.1 only to be followed by
> 1.1.1, I think it would be best to wait till after I am back.
> 
> Omair and others will be working on regressions fixes in the mean time.
> Assuming everything is cleared, we will aim for a release on the 27th.
> 
> Once again, I do apologize that 1.1 has been delayed this way -- it
> was not for lack of trying :/
> 

ALMOST there :) All pending fixes are now in. We will do a quick test of
all the items on Monday and if nothing else is found, I will tag and
release IcedTea-Web 1.1 on Monday.

Cheers,
Deepak

> Cheers,
> Deepak