Re: Pike 8 release next weekend

-- Peter Bortas, NSC On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Arne Goedeke el@laramies.com wrote: > I have noticed that external module building does not work anymore. I > think this problem was introduced by commit > 009339331b9d142c8b1be97aa363517de74680b4, which adds a dependency on the > precompiler. I think that this is something which should be fixed before > a stable release. > > arne > > On 02/01/16 00:28, Peter Bortas wrote: >> I'm aiming for a release of Pike 8 next weekend on Sunday the >> 7th. This is my current list of "blockers", please speak up if you >> have any others or if you have input on any of the existing: >> >> ** random() might now be really random (incompatible change) >> Will not be backed out. We should provide a pseudo-random() that is >> seedable, and preferably does not have a name that includes >> "random". I don't want to hold the release for that unless someone has >> a real application that needs it or have a finished implementation >> with a well thought out API by next Saturday. >> >> ** OpenBSD compile failures (regression) >> I will not hold the release for this unless someone with a OpenBSD >> machine tells me that they are actively working on it. >> >> ** Windows support libraries are old (not a regression, just regrettable) >> Will make an effort to build new versions of GMP och Nettle, and see >> if we can bundle a newer GTK release. Since this is not a regression I >> will not hold back a release for it though. >> >> Cheers, >> >