On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:47:35 +0900, Marko Lindqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2008/6/6 Madeline Book: >> What might be nice is to release 2.1.5 so it can be used >> for the first 2.1.x longturn game (which will probably start in a week >> or two), > > Then I suggest that we postpone 2.1.5 one week, if that's possible > for Daniel. I should have time for looking into the gcc 4.3 problem > early next week. > I'm of course open to postponing any release in the case there are showstoppers. Is Jason's patch in PR#40258 taking care of all errors you've seen, Marko? >> I don't know much at all about the gcc bug (actually I had 4.3 installed >> a while ago, but since I had some problems not just with freeciv I am >> now using 3.4.6). > > I only noticed these problems when compiling Freeciv for Ubuntu > Intrepid (pre-alpha distribution), which uses gcc 4.3.1 release > candidate. > > See http://vcust127.louhi.net/freeciv/testing/compilation.php > >> >> Since I don't know how much hassle it is to make a full release for >> freeciv I would tend to support more releases more often. Since then >> the program can be advertised on various sites and users can have >> the feeling that progress is being made. ;) > > Major releases: I definitely agree. Currently new features > implemented immediately after branching live years in our svn before > they are in any release = really used. > Minor releases: S2_1 is already quite mature, just occasional minor > fixes go in. No point in making releases identical to previous one :-) > I believe that it's worth making maintenance releases as soon as there are any crash/memory leak/security fixes. > > > I'll be away until Monday. > > > > - ML BTW, I just remembered PR#40250 is a blocker for me making the release. _______________________________________________ Freeciv-dev mailing list Freeciv-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/freeciv-dev
