On 30 Mar 2010, at 00:15, Mark Hammond wrote: > * The test suite does not pass on Windows due to issues compacting and > deleting databases and views. There was a suggestion we can't have an > "official" release where the tests fail. While a fix for this is in the > pipeline, it isn't in 0.11. While this has been true since 0.10 and all > throughout the earlier discussions about an official Windows release, it > appears to now be a show-stopper.
The test suite forms a contract between ourselves, and our users. If they are failing, then they are largely useless for that purpose. I regard failing tests to be blockers for the release. If that means that we remove a test until we can get it to pass, then so be it. > * I was on 10 days vacation recently. Even though the 0.11 release process > took many weeks, I was in email contact for the entire time and I returned > from vacation the same day the vote results were announced, it was felt that > this was enough to cause Windows to be dropped from the 0.11 voting > procedure. Given the delays already encountered in this release, I'm > disappointed this position was taken, but cest-la-vie. Delays should not beget delays. I felt that given the circumstances, 0.11 could be the release that lets Windows support "simmer" in the wild. You will notice that the documentation included now mentions Windows as a first class platform for the software. There are a number of issues with the Windows build that ideally need fixing, and I created a ticket for one of them. It is my hope that by the time of the next release, we may be in the position to include the Windows binaries. > * The couchdb windows builds includes non ASF binaries - for example, > binaries for erlang itself are included, and even though most are built > locally as part of the release process, there was a concern about legal > issues in providing such binaries. IANAL and have no desire to play on one > TV, so I have no capability of either assessing nor resolving this. This needs to be brought up on legal. Would you do the honours? > I don't think there is anything I can personally do to help resolve any these > issues, so I hope someone here can help to get a Windows installer back on > track. It hasn't faltered! This release is the most Windows-y of them all. We just have to keep on keeping on! Please check JIRA for Windows related bugs, and see how many we can fix before the next release is proposed. I have no problem including the Windows binaries, as long as legal approves. The timing of your holiday was unfortunate, and as I already mentioned, I think a little bit of simmering might help. Feel free to advertise the availability in whatever medium you think will get the biggest audience. The more eyeballs the better. > The last issue mentioned is of particular concern to me - if there are any > legal issues around this, the same legal issues presumably apply to me > personally, which implies it would be prudent for me to stop creating couchdb > binary snapshots (and also to remove the old existing ones) until it is > resolved. Bring up the issue on legal, and see what they say.
