[Mono-dev] Your help needed for our upcoming release.

[Miguel de Icaza]

Hello guys,

    I changed the subject of this email, since Andrew's call to action
is important and it applies to everyone:

> Just a reminder: If you've been assigned a bug or you know of a bug
> that's been fixed and needs to be backported please do so before the end
> of this week.  There's a good chance we'll try to release 2.6.3 from the
> 2.6 branch early next week.  The QA team is still testing this branch
> but testing doesn't fix bugs, it can only find them.  Please do your
> part.
> 
> On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 10:57 -0700, Andrew Jorgensen wrote:
> > Hello Happy Coders,
> > 
> > 
> > We are planning to make a new release from the 2.6 branch in the near
> > future (probably before the end of the month?).  If there are bugs that
> > you know ought to be backported (customer issues, regressions, and
> > embarrassments especially) please do so in the next week or so.
> > 
> > As you backport please keep in mind that we are trying to stabilize the
> > 2.6 branch.  Be conscientious and thorough and use your own best
> > judgment in your area of expertise and consult your colleagues where you
> > have doubts.  Also don't neglect other platforms like Mac, Windows, and
> > Linux s390x.  2.6.x will eventually be used as a Novell-supported
> > release for the Mono Extension for SLE and other products.
> > 
> > We will be doing some testing of the 2.6 branch during this time.  If QA
> > approaches you regarding a bug please remember that we will also need
> > time to verify the fix after you check it in.  In other words: please
> > give us any priority you can.  And don't forget to close bugs as you fix
> > them and file them as you find them.
> > 
> > Hmm, I should get someone to fix the booc crasher on x86_64...  Oh and
> > thanks so much to those who pitched in to get our Xen x86_64 crasher
> > fixed!
> > 
> > 
> > Best Regards,
> > 
> > Andrew Jorgensen
> > Release / Packaging Guy
> > Novell, Inc.
> 
> 
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