Ok, all the critical issues for 3.3.0 are fixed now.

Any volunteers for release manager?

On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 7:24 PM Mike Beckerle <[email protected]> wrote:

> This was an easy fix.
>
> Once this gets merged I believe we have direction to move forward with
> 3.3.0 release process.
>
> Who would like to be release manager?
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 6:06 PM Mike Beckerle <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> So the 3 blocking issues have been fixed/merged.
>>
>> However, of several bugs found over the last few days, this one is quite
>> problematic:
>>
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DAFFODIL-2673
>>
>> I am going to try to fix this in the next day, and if it proves to be
>> harder than that, postpone it until post 3.3.0.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 10:37 AM Steve Lawrence <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Agreed. +1 to start the release processes once these are resolved.
>>>
>>> On 3/10/22 6:05 PM, Interrante, John A (GE Research, US) wrote:
>>> > Fixing these 3 tickets seems sufficient to me.
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: Mike Beckerle <[email protected]>
>>> > Sent: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 6:00 PM
>>> > To: [email protected]
>>> > Subject: EXT: Re: [DISCUSS] need to release Daffodil 3.3.0
>>> >
>>> > Once the revert/fix for regressions is merged, I think we're down to
>>> just these 3 tickets as really critical for Daffodil 3.3.0 release:
>>> >
>>> > DAFFODIL-2652 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DAFFODIL-2652> -
>>> Ability to disable all alignment
>>> >
>>> > Given the number of outstanding bugs associated with unparser deadlock
>>> and alignment I think this feature is an important hedge allowing progress
>>> to be made by schema authors even if they run into these unparser/alignment
>>> related issues (like DAFFODIL-2662 or DAFFODIL-2666 which are hard to fix,
>>> and I think we don't want to hold back the release for those fixes because
>>> they will take a while.)
>>> >
>>> > DAFFODIL-2650 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DAFFODIL-2650> -
>>> using config file with cli parse or save parser causes backtrace
>>> >
>>> > Major usability issue when dealing with DFDL schemas that issue many
>>> warnings.
>>> >
>>> > DAFFODIL-2267 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DAFFODIL-2267> -
>>> Warnings emitted on pre-compiled parsers
>>> >
>>> > Major usability issue when dealing with DFDL schemas that issue many
>>> warnings in deployed Daffodil-based applications. Clutters the log with too
>>> many things users have to know can be ignored.
>>> >
>>> > I will say these latter 2 bugs have been a huge pain in the neck to me
>>> of late in debugging efforts associated with some DFDL schema work. They
>>> just so clutter the output that you really can't see what is going on
>>> sometimes.
>>> >
>>> > Thoughts? Is fixing these enough for us to do a release of 3.3.0 ?
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 2:06 PM Mike Beckerle <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I just opened a PR which reverts a change which fixed a bug
>>> >> (DAFFODIL-2626), but caused a number of regressions detected only by
>>> >> other DFDL schemas such as NITF. (DAFFODIL-2666 and DAFFODIL-2662 are
>>> >> regressions it caused.)
>>> >>
>>> >> The original bug is preferable to these regressions.
>>> >>
>>> >> This will get us closer to a releasable 3.3.0.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 2:12 PM Mike Beckerle <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> I've marked all the alignment/cyclic-deadlock regressions as blockers
>>> >>> for
>>> >>> 3.3.0 along with the "hammer" to
>>> >>> just turn off alignment.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> The fixing suggested in the thread here may be the fix, or the
>>> "hammer"
>>> >>> fix, but the regressions on unparsing have to be addressed in 3.3.0,
>>> >>> i.e., asap, before we can release it.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I think other things we "almost" got working, like prefixed length
>>> >>> fixes (of various bugs) could wait for a later release.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> There are numerous user projects I know about that are depending on
>>> >>> 3.3.0 coming out quite soon now, without regressions.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 11:19 AM Steve Lawrence
>>> >>> <[email protected]>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> I assume this is caused by alignment regions not getting optimized
>>> >>>> out with the recent changes to the alignment algorithm. It's now
>>> >>>> more correct, but it's more pessimistic.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> A hammer to just disable alignment might be a reasonable solution,
>>> >>>> but I'd be concerned there are alignment regions that are needed,
>>> >>>> it's not usually obvious, especially in complex schemas.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I think the main change that causes regions to fail to optimize out
>>> >>>> is that we can't optimize out alignment related to global
>>> >>>> declarations because we don't know the alignment of the references.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I added comments in
>>> >>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DAFFODIL-2626
>>> >>>> that discuss this issue, and a potential fixe. I believe we just
>>> >>>> need to require that alignment of global decl's to be the same as
>>> >>>> their references. I hope that this would allow more optimization of
>>> >>>> alignment regions. One issue was raised about global complexType's,
>>> >>>> who's alignment only comes from the references, with no information
>>> >>>> on the declaration. So that also causes issues with this approach.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I think implementing one or both of these options as tunables might
>>> >>>> help improve the alignment issue and would be reasonable to get in
>>> 3.3.0.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On 2/23/22 11:08 AM, Mike Beckerle wrote:
>>> >>>>> So, we seem to be seeing a lot of regressions in various DFDL
>>> >>>>> schemas
>>> >>>> like
>>> >>>>> most recently NITF, previously PNG.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> What if users run into this in their own DFDL schemas?
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> These are showing unparser deadlocks due to cyclic relationships.
>>> >>>>> At
>>> >>>> one
>>> >>>>> time we discussed adding a "big hammer" property or tunable that
>>> >>>>> simply turns off alignment, as a workaround for all these sorts of
>>> >>>>> alignment issues. I am wondering if we will need that so that
>>> >>>>> users can work
>>> >>>> around
>>> >>>>> these alignment issues in their schemas.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Changing these schemas for 3.3.0 compatibility is highly
>>> >>>>> undesirable
>>> >>>> (as
>>> >>>>> was done for PNG), even if the changes are backward compatible.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> (Though if the schemas are actually incorrect in some way that
>>> >>>>> we're
>>> >>>> now
>>> >>>>> detecting more effectively, that is the right fix.)
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 11:38 AM Interrante, John A (GE Research,
>>> >>>>> US) < [email protected]> wrote:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>> +1
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> I personally have no blocker or urgent issues that must be fixed
>>> >>>> before
>>> >>>>>> the next release (only some things I will need to start working
>>> >>>>>> on in
>>> >>>> the C
>>> >>>>>> backend, "Runtime 2," to handle some more complicated schemas).
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> How will the roadmap for upcoming releases (
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/DAFFODIL/Roadmap+for+Upc
>>> >>>> oming+Releases
>>> >>>> )
>>> >>>>>> change as a result of 3.3.0 being released asap?
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> John
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> >>>>>> From: Mike Beckerle <[email protected]>
>>> >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 10:44 AM
>>> >>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>> >>>>>> Subject: EXT: [DISCUSS] need to release Daffodil 3.3.0
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> WARNING: This email originated from outside of GE. Please
>>> >>>>>> validate the sender's email address before clicking on links or
>>> >>>>>> attachments as
>>> >>>> they may
>>> >>>>>> not be safe.
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> A number of people are asking for 3.3.0, with its many bug fixes,
>>> >>>>>> to
>>> >>>> be
>>> >>>>>> released asap.
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> Are there any remaining issues that must be fixed before this
>>> release?
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> Otherwise I'd like to suggest we release 3.3.0.
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>>

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