Re: RFD: should we do another 2.3-rc for t9001-noxmailer? I'd say not

From: Tom G. Christensen <tgc@statsbiblioteket.dk>
Date: Feb 2, 2015, 09:29 UTC
Message-ID: <54CF4391.9010301@statsbiblioteket.dk>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqr3u98d0f.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

On 01/02/15 23:48, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> I was reviewing the recent bugs and fixes for the last time, and was
> wondering if we want to do 2.3-rc3 with build fix for those with
> ancient cURL (tc/curl-vernum-output-broken-in-7.11) and workaround
> for those with Perl with older Getopt::Long (tc/t9001-noxmailer).
>
>   - The former is not a regression between 2.2 and 2.3 (i.e. 2.2
>     already had the same use of curl-config output).
>
>   - The latter, strictly speaking, is a regression in that tests used
>     to pass but tests in 2.3 no longer pass for those with older
>     Getopt::Long.
>
> So currently I am leaning to keep these two fixes where they are and
> tag 2.3 final without them in a few days.
>

Leaving them for a later release is fine by me. These two patches cover only what broke from 2.2.2 to 2.3, there are further patches needed to actually complete a build atleast on RHEL3.

-tgc