preparing a icedtea-1.3 release?

[Deepak Bhole]

* Mark Wielaard <mark at klomp.org> [2008-09-28 17:17]:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 17:48 +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
> > The last icedtea release 1.2 (bases on b09) was four months ago. I would like to
> > prepare a 1.3 release based ob b12. are there currently outstanding issues?
> 
> Good idea. There have been lots of improvements since the last official
> 1.2 release. Including various security and crasher issues, that we
> really should make sure are picked up by the various distros.
> 
> >  - general?
> 
> I would like to get the better version reporting in that you and andrew
> suggested. Andrew already has something in icedtea[7].
> 
> >  - cacao?
> >  - icedtea plugin?
> >  - zero/shark?
> 
> Lets make sure that cacao and zero/shark are synced and the default
> configure options set. Deepak, do you feel the liveconnect/icedteaplugin
> support is ready for being enabled by default?
> 

Not yet :( While the plugin is quite stable now, there are still 2
features that need work:

1. Proper security implementation
2. Performance

I think I can get the security stuff done this week though, so if we are
looking for a cut next weekend, it looks doable. I will keep everyone
appraised as I tackle each of the issue mentioned above.

Cheers,
Deepak

> > If possible I aim for a release candidate for the next weekend and for a final
> > release in about two weeks.
> 
> I'll work on some release notes to summarize all the new stuff.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mark
>