{"thread":{"id":"57295","subject":"[PATCH] RelNotes: add builder notes","startedAt":"2022-01-24T17:30:52Z","lastAt":"2022-01-24T17:30:52Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Junio C Hamano"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"446762","messageId":"xmqqwnip59dl.fsf@gitster.g","threadId":"57295","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] RelNotes: add builder notes","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2022-01-24T17:30:46Z","receivedAt":"2022-01-24T17:30:52Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"There are a couple of new things in this release that are useful to\nknow if you are building from source, so let's add a small section\nto the release notes to describe them.\n\nSigned-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>\n\n---\n\n * Sorry for showing this the very last minute.  As people can\n   guess, this is a fallout from the release engineering I am doing\n   right now...\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt\nindex fa5a7318a8..d69b50d180 100644\n--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt\n@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ Backward compatibility warts\n    of GNU grep.\n \n \n+Note to those who build from the source\n+\n+ * You may need to define NO_UNCOMPRESS2 Makefile macro if you build\n+   with zlib older than 1.2.9.\n+\n+ * If your compiler cannot grok C99, the build will fail.  See the\n+   instruction at the beginning of git-compat-util.h if this happens\n+   to you.\n+\n+\n UI, Workflows & Features\n \n  * \"git status --porcelain=v2\" now show the number of stash entries\n"}]}