Backports to the 2.8.x branch and 2.8.1

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Miles Sabin wrote:
> Is there a policy covering backporting of compiler fixes and/or
> enhancements from trunk to the 2.8.x branch, in advance of 2.8.1?
>
> There have been several commits on trunk which it would be extremely
> useful to have in Scala IDE builds immediately rather than having to
> wait for the next full toolchain release. These all either fix AST
> positions bugs (which are more prominent is IDEs than on the command
> line) or deal with issues in the presentation compiler and build
> manager (which again mainly affect IDEs).
>
> Obviously I can cherry-pick them myself onto an IDE-specific
> maintenance branch of the compiler (I'm pretty much set up to do this
> already), but I'd prefer to be able to build from an official 2.8.x
> maintenance branch if one was available. I'd also like the reassurance
> of knowing that these fixes will definitely be in 2.8.1 when it's
> released.
>
> The changesets in question (currently) are ...
>
> * Fix for #3769 and #3604
> http://lampsvn.epfl.ch/trac/scala/changeset/22411
>
> * Added ask method to compiler control to do fast trunaround
> computations on presentation compiler thread.
> https://lampsvn.epfl.ch/trac/scala/changeset/22590
> https://lampsvn.epfl.ch/trac/scala/changeset/22595
>
> * scalac memory leak with NoPhase #3679
> http://lampsvn.epfl.ch/trac/scala/changeset/22644
>
> * Correctly locate context tree even on the edges. Fixed buggy
> definition of properlyPrecedes
> https://lampsvn.epfl.ch/trac/scala/changeset/22832
>
> * cyclic reference when compiling sources using build manager #3780
> http://lampsvn.epfl.ch/trac/scala/changeset/22833

To which we can now add,

* Improved presentation compiler interface

http://lampsvn.epfl.ch/trac/scala/changeset/22860

Cheers,

Miles

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Miles Sabin wrote:
> To which we can now add,

And now also,

* Incorrect Position with \r\n Delimiters #3765
http://lampsvn.epfl.ch/trac/scala/changeset/22870

Cheers,

Miles