[Clfs-support] [Clfs-dev] CLFS GIT Package Freeze

[William Harrington]

On Oct 10, 2013, at 1:19 PM, William Harrington wrote:

>
> On Oct 1, 2013, at 1:32 PM, William Harrington wrote:
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>> Greetings,
>>
>> Only a couple weeks away from release.
>>
>> The package freeze is here and I've pulled in some of the last  
>> updates.
>>
>> I do not think we are missing any critical updates. During a  
>> package freeze, we may update packages or patches or add/remove  
>> packages/patches based on issues or last minute features, or some  
>> other reason when brought up via support channels. If an update  
>> reduces the book commands or makes installing a package a bit  
>> easier than complicated commands, that may be of interest to  
>> update, as well.
>>
>> Happy testing and editing the book text.
>>
>> If you need a trac account, contact any of the developers via IRC  
>> or the mailing list.
>>
>> Please use the ticket system if finding an issue as some of us are  
>> quite busy this time of year and following the mailing list can be  
>> tedious and having a ticket system helps us prioritize and fix  
>> issues and make sure all issues are closed for release.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> William Harrington
>
> All is well so far.
>
> Books that could use some testing are sparc, sparc64, all mips, and  
> alpha (but we may remove alpha).
>
> x86, and x86_64 multilib and pure64 have been tested
> ppc and ppc64 pure64 have been tested. Multilib I may do later. I  
> know it works from previous builds. Test results should be similar  
> to ppc and ppc64.
>
> Jonathan is attempting a sparc build.
>
> I'll update trac tickets for the builds I have done.
>
> Testsuite logs are here: http://cross-lfs.org/testsuite-logs/git/
>
> Sincerely,
>
> WIlliam Harrington
>

Jonathan, the release manager, and I, have discussed our current  
schedule. Due to inadequate testing, we are waiting till the 20th for  
release. This will let us add some needed patches for ppc and sparc  
boot loaders and complete testing of sparc64 and sparc 32bit. Anyone  
working with mips can help out, too. Alpha seems to be a done for.  
Probably remove that from the book. Although the xml will always be  
there for others to clone with git and render and test on their own.

Sincerely,

William Harrington