Hi Branden, G. Branden Robinson wrote on Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 11:16:56AM -0600:
> groff 1.24.0 release candidate 1, 1.24.0.rc1, is now available First problem report: Extracting the tarball results in a directory groff-1.23.0.5077-7dcc8 which is inconsistent and confusing naming. Obviously, this is trivial to work around in the port building system, but i consider it a defect nonetheless. Logical directory names would be something like groff-1.24.0 groff-1.24.0rc1 groff-1.24.0.rc1 I think calling the tarball and directory "1.24.0rc1" would make more sense logically than "1.24.0.rc1" because "1.24.0" is the dotted version number and "rc1" is a suffix to it; "rc1" is not another number component of the version number. I'm planning to report problems as i go. Based on past experiences, i expect to encounter a few dozen problems during testing, not counting problems that already existed in 1.23. To make sure nothing gets lost, i intend to report one problem per mail as soon as i encounter it. I'm not yet sure whether it's better to send mail only to you privately (as the effective release manager) or to the list. Which option do you prefer? I'd don't categorically refuse using Savannah, but i'd like to avoid it as much as possible because using it is typically painful, slow, and error-prone. Of course, if you need Savannah tickets, i can make them, in that case, just say so, either in general or for particular issues; i just don't want to cause a needless fuss. Yours, Ingo
