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The -rc branch for this release will be cut on 2007/07/01. The target release date is 2007/07/15.

This release is being shepherded by Thomas Orgis <sobukus_AT_sourcemage_DOT_org> -- contact him with questions.

Join the #sourcemage-grimoire channel on irc.freenode.net if you want to help or need help.

How to test

  1. Pick some spells from the lists below and put your name in as the volunteer. Optionally add some spells to the extra spells section, with your name as volunteer.

  2. For your spells, search bugzilla for any existing bugs. Decide which are gating and which aren't, and fill out the "Notes" column appropriately. Put an "X" in the "Searched" column so we know someone has done the search.

  3. Get a machine with the current stable on it. Either your regular box, or a vm, or just a chroot. Instructions for getting a chroot/vm image are below.

  4. Cast your spells from stable if you don't have them already. If they won't install, ignore it and keep going.

  5. Get stable-rc on that machine, either via 'scribe add stable-rc' or just using the git branch directly.

  6. Try updating your spells, or if they wouldn't install in stable try casting them directly from -rc.

  7. Note any failures, issues, etc. in the "Notes" column. File bugs as necessary, noting which new issues are gating and which aren't.

  8. Once the spell has cast for you without any gating problems, put an "X" in the "Signed-Off" column.

It's up to you to define "gating" for your spells.

Keeping us informed of what you've found is more important than fixing everything yourself. If you run out of time someone else can pick up for you but only if they can tell what's going on.

Getting the chroot/vm image

If you're already are running stable somewhere, you don't need to wait, just test with that. Otherwise, download the chroot below:

Chroot

Volunteer

how to get

0.11 x86

sandalle

[WWW] smgl-stable-0.11-basesystem-x86.tar.bz2 [WWW] sig

List of Supported Spells

Place an "X" in the signed off column once you have signed off on the spell. If you happen to test a full system-upgrade, feel free to put an "X" and your nick in the "Alt Sign-Off" column for any spells that work for you.

We release once all spells below have:

  1. An "X" in the "Searched" column indicating someone has at least searched bugzilla for known issues, even if they found nothing.

  2. Sign-off by the volunteer owning that spell this release, OR sign-off by someone in the "Alt Sign-Off" column IF there are no gating bugs noted by the owner.

Basesystem Spells

Spell Name

Volunteer

Searched

Sign-Off

Alt Sign-Off

Notes

[WWW] basesystem

sandalle

X

X

X lejatorn

[WWW] 12857, fixed in test TEXT-EDITOR/PAGER

[WWW] bash

p3pilot

X.sobukus

[WWW] binutils

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

[WWW] bison

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

[WWW] bzip2

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

[WWW] console-tools

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] console-data

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] coreutils

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

[WWW] cpio

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

[WWW] device-mapper

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] dhcpcd

sandalle

X

X

[WWW] 11614 (fixed in test)

[WWW] dialog

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] diffutils

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] e2fsprogs

sandalle

X

X

X lejatorn

no bugs found

[WWW] elvis

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

[WWW] file

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] findutils

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] flex

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] gawk

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] g++

X

X.sobukus

[WWW] 13595 perhaps misconfiguration or sorcery problem?

[WWW] gcc

X

X.sobukus

[WWW] 9667 failure on SPARC... historic, [WWW] 13778 -- just close it?

[WWW] gettext

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] glibc

X

X.sobukus

a little list, not gating, but it should be shorter next time: [WWW] 8238, [WWW] 8240, [WWW] 8241, [WWW] 8243, [WWW] 8244, [WWW] 9580, [WWW] 12962

[WWW] gnupg

sandalle

X

X

[WWW] 9666 on SPARC and old

[WWW] grep

lejatorn

X

X

No problem whatsoever.

[WWW] grub

X

X.sobukus

[WWW] 11747 on x86_64... Very much non gating one can use lilo (dkowis)

[WWW] gzip

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] iana-etc

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] init.d

X

X.sobukus

listing all of them again (also enhancement bugs), so we don't forget: [WWW] 9177 (my favourite evergreen), [WWW] 9417, [WWW] 9419, [WWW] 9420, [WWW] 13196, [WWW] 13363, [WWW] 13381, [WWW] 13450

[WWW] installwatch

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

[WWW] jed

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] jfsutils

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

[WWW] kbd

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] less

X

X lejatorn

no bugs found

[WWW] lilo

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] locale

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] m4

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] make

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] mktemp

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] module-init-tools

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

[WWW] nano

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] ncurses

X

X.sobukus

[WWW] 13654 the UTF-8 bomb

[WWW] netconf

X

X.sobukus

[WWW] 10517 (ifplugd enhancement)

[WWW] net-tools

X

X.sobukus

[WWW] 10207, [WWW] 10746

[WWW] patch

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] perl

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] procps

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] readline

p3pilot

X.sobukus

[WWW] reiserfsprogs

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

[WWW] sed

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

[WWW] shadow

X

X lejatorn

There's still [WWW] 13505 ... I almost forgot the devel-shadow branch I made with the fix a while ago, [WWW] 13601 the pending update -- website alive?

[WWW] simpleinit-msb

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

[WWW] smgl-archspecs

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] smgl-fhs

X

X.sobukus

some bugs for relates issues: [WWW] 11747, [WWW] 13112, [WWW] 13354, [WWW] 13777

[WWW] tar

X

X lejatorn

no bugs found

[WWW] texinfo

X

X lejatorn

no bugs found

[WWW] udev

X

X lejatorn

no bugs found

[WWW] unzip

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] util-linux

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] vim

X

X.sobukus

no bugs found

[WWW] wget

lejatorn

X

X

No problem whatsoever.

[WWW] xfsprogs

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

[WWW] zlib

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

Additional Spells

Spell Name

Volunteer

Searched

Sign-Off

Alt Sign-Off

Notes

[WWW] libtool

sandalle

X

X

No bugs found

[WWW] lighttpd

p3pilot

X

X

[WWW] php

p3pilot

X

X

Bugs to look at: [WWW] 13833 [WWW] 13832

[WWW] pidgin

p3pilot

X

X

[WWW] pure-ftpd

lejatorn

X

X

No problem whatsoever.

[WWW] lftp

lejatorn

X

X

No problem whatsoever.

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last edited 2007-07-12 01:56:07 by p3pilot