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The 0.18-rc branch for this release will be cut on 2008/02/04. The target release date is 2008/02/18.

This release is being shepherded by Eric Sandall <sandalle_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 (unless otherwise specified this applies to x86).

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

stable-0.17

sandalle

smgl-stable-0.17-basesystem-x86.tar.bz2 smgl-stable-0.17-basesystem-x86.tar.bz2.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

basesystem

sandalle

X

X

bash

sandalle

X

X

X (lejatorn)

13654 ncurses utf8 bug

binutils

sandalle

X

X

bison

linuxfan

X

X

Zarro Boogs found. gcc compiles. Feel free to double-check me or offer comments on this or any of the following I test.

bzip2

sandalle

X

X

console-tools

sandalle

X

X

console-data

sandalle

X

X

coreutils

sandalle

X

X

cpio

sandalle

X

X

device-mapper

sandalle

X

X

dhcpcd

sandalle

X

X

X(lejatorn)

dialog

sandalle

X

X

diffutils

sandalle

X

X

e2fsprogs

sandalle

X

X

X(lejatorn)

elvis

sandalle

X

X

file

sandalle

X

X

findutils

sandalle

X

X

X(lejatorn)

flex

sandalle

X

X

gawk

sandalle

X

X

g++

sandalle

X

X

X(lejatorn)

gcc

sandalle

X

X

gettext

sandalle

X

X

13850 glibc and gettext share locale.alias

glibc

sandalle

X

X

14098 glibc fails on upgrade from 2.4 and 13850 glibc and gettext share locale.alias

gnupg

sandalle

X

X

grep

lejatorn

X

X

grub

sandalle

X

X

gzip

sandalle

X

X

iana-etc

sandalle

X

X

init.d

sandalle

X

X

installwatch

sandalle

X

X

jed

sandalle

X

X

jfsutils

sandalle

X

X

kbd

sandalle

X

X

less

sandalle

X

X

libtool

sandalle

X

X

X(lejatorn)

lilo

sandalle

X

X

locale

sandalle

X

X

m4

sandalle

X

X

make

linuxfan

X

X (sandalle)

18 bugs found; none seem applicable

mktemp

sandalle

X

X

module-init-tools

sandalle

X

X

nano

sandalle

X

X

ncurses

sandalle

X

X

13654 switching utf8

netconf

sandalle

X

X

net-tools

sandalle

X

X

patch

sandalle

X

X

perl

sandalle

X

X

X(lejatorn)

procps

sandalle

X

X

readline

sandalle

X

X

reiserfsprogs

sandalle

X

X

sed

sandalle

X

X

shadow

sandalle

X

X

simpleinit-msb

sandalle

X

X

smgl-archspecs

sobukus

X

X

no critical buggers

smgl-fhs

sobukus

X

X

13930 is nasty but rare(?), 13112 is a long-timer that should be nailed some time (discussion!), 13354 is just a sub-bug of that

tar

sandalle

X

X

texinfo

sandalle

X

X

udev

sandalle

X

X

12700 udev rules optional and 14173 udev missing /lib/udev

unzip

sandalle

X

X

util-linux

sandalle

X

X

X(lejatorn)

14247 missing kill (reverting to 2.12r for stable release)

vim

linuxfan

X

X

14235 wants trigger on tcl update

wget

lejatorn

X

X

xfsprogs

sandalle

X

X

14325 missing source upstream and on fallbacks

zlib

sandalle

X

X

Additional Spells

Spell Name

Volunteer

Searched

Sign-Off

Alt Sign-Off

Notes

libart_lgpl

sandalle

X

X

14288 missing GPG signature (regression)

lftp

lejatorn

X

psutils

sandalle

X

X

14289 non-cross-certified GPG key (non-regression)

pure-ftpd

lejatorn

X


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