When is the 2.7.6 mis-release going to be cleaned up?

On 22 Sep 2009, at 19:17, David Pollak
wrote:

> Folks,
>
> 2.7.6 is broken and should not be the most recent Scala release.
>
> Are there any plans to release 2.7.7 based on the 2.7.5 code? If
> not, why not?

I agree. 2.7.7 should be cut and made available as the latest, even if
it is bitwise the same as 2.7.5. Those using projects which update to
the latest Scala already have the bad bits; so even a recommendation
not to use is not going to help.

From a practical perspective, Scala's release process needs to be
tightened up in order for it to become more widely adopted in the
enterprise. It's one thing to be faster in development than the
(glacial) Java, but it helps no-one if it is so erratic that you don't
know if the latest bits are stable (or that they are backwardly
compatible or not).

Alex

Hi David,

On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 11:17 -0700, David Pollak wrote:
> Are there any plans to release 2.7.7 based on the 2.7.5 code? If not,
> why not?

The following commit seems to imply that it's in progress:

https://lampsvn.epfl.ch/trac/scala/changeset/18740

Best,
Ismael

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Alex Blewitt <alex.blewitt@gmail.com> wrote:

On 22 Sep 2009, at 19:17, David Pollak <feeder.of.the.bears@gmail.com> wrote:

Folks,

2.7.6 is broken and should not be the most recent Scala release.

Are there any plans to release 2.7.7 based on the 2.7.5 code?  If not, why not?

I agree. 2.7.7 should be cut and made available as the latest, even if it is bitwise the same as 2.7.5. Those using projects which update to the latest Scala already have the bad bits; so even a recommendation not to use is not going to help.

+1 (and having the 2.7.6 link on the scala-lang.org home page is not helping)
 

From a practical perspective, Scala's release process needs to be tightened up in order for it to become more widely adopted in the enterprise. It's one thing to be faster in development than the (glacial) Java, but it helps no-one if it is so erratic that you don't know if the latest bits are stable (or that they are backwardly compatible or not).

Most certainly.  The current lack of identifiable or stable process will not help Scala in any way.

 

Alex

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David,

A release should happen very shortly, the new fix that Martin wrote in
order to address the situation has already been backported.

A new nightly build should appear on the website either today or tomorrow
(we need to set up Hudson for the 2.7.x nightly builds again). I will post
here the link to the new nightly for testing as soon as it is ready; if all
is well we'll release it as 2.7.7 within a couple of days.

Toni

Ismael Juma wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 11:17 -0700, David Pollak wrote:
>> Are there any plans to release 2.7.7 based on the 2.7.5 code? If not,
>> why not?
>
> The following commit seems to imply that it's in progress:
>
> https://lampsvn.epfl.ch/trac/scala/changeset/18740
>
> Best,
> Ismael
>
>

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Antonio Cunei <antonio.cunei@epfl.ch> wrote:

David,

A release should happen very shortly, the new fix that Martin wrote in order to address the situation has already been backported.

A new nightly build should appear on the website either today or tomorrow (we need to set up Hudson for the 2.7.x nightly builds again). I will post here the link to the new nightly for testing as soon as it is ready; if all is well we'll release it as 2.7.7 within a couple of days.

Thanks Toni

 

Toni


Ismael Juma wrote:

Hi David,

On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 11:17 -0700, David Pollak wrote:

Are there any plans to release 2.7.7 based on the 2.7.5 code?  If not,
why not?

The following commit seems to imply that it's in progress:

https://lampsvn.epfl.ch/trac/scala/changeset/18740

Best,
Ismael

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Can we please follow the usual RC process this time? Cutting a -final release from the nightlies is never a good idea.

--j

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Antonio Cunei <antonio.cunei@epfl.ch> wrote:

David,

A release should happen very shortly, the new fix that Martin wrote in order to address the situation has already been backported.

A new nightly build should appear on the website either today or tomorrow (we need to set up Hudson for the 2.7.x nightly builds again). I will post here the link to the new nightly for testing as soon as it is ready; if all is well we'll release it as 2.7.7 within a couple of days.

Toni


Ismael Juma wrote:

Hi David,

On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 11:17 -0700, David Pollak wrote:

Are there any plans to release 2.7.7 based on the 2.7.5 code?  If not,
why not?

The following commit seems to imply that it's in progress:

https://lampsvn.epfl.ch/trac/scala/changeset/18740

Best,
Ismael

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Jorge Ortiz <jorge.ortiz@gmail.com> wrote:

Can we please follow the usual RC process this time? Cutting a -final release from the nightlies is never a good idea.

+1
 

--j

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Antonio Cunei <antonio.cunei@epfl.ch> wrote:

David,

A release should happen very shortly, the new fix that Martin wrote in order to address the situation has already been backported.

A new nightly build should appear on the website either today or tomorrow (we need to set up Hudson for the 2.7.x nightly builds again). I will post here the link to the new nightly for testing as soon as it is ready; if all is well we'll release it as 2.7.7 within a couple of days.

Toni


Ismael Juma wrote:

Hi David,

On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 11:17 -0700, David Pollak wrote:

Are there any plans to release 2.7.7 based on the 2.7.5 code?  If not,
why not?

The following commit seems to imply that it's in progress:

https://lampsvn.epfl.ch/trac/scala/changeset/18740

Best,
Ismael

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