[U-Boot] [ANN] U-Boot v2018.11 delayed a day

[Miquel Raynal]

Hi Marek,

+Jagan

Marek Vasut <marek.vasut at gmail.com> wrote on Tue, 13 Nov 2018 03:12:49
+0100:

> On 11/13/2018 02:12 AM, Tom Rini wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 01:03:41AM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:  
> >> On 11/12/2018 11:25 PM, Tom Rini wrote:  
> >>> On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 11:13:29PM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:  
> >>>> On 11/12/2018 10:40 PM, Tom Rini wrote:  
> >>>>> Hey all,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Since Jagan promise a v2 SPI PR for some build fixes that we should have
> >>>>> in the release and I believe didn't get them out before the end of his
> >>>>> day, I'm letting everyone know now to expect the release tomorrow
> >>>>> instead, thanks!  
> >>>>
> >>>> Will anyone have any chance to test those fixes to verify they didn't
> >>>> break anything ?  
> >>>
> >>> Since they're obvious enough by inspection, I'm not worried about it.  
> >>
> >> Which patches are those ?  
> > 
> > The ones in question?  
> 
> Yes, is there a list ?

I think this is the branch:
https://github.com/openedev/u-boot-amarula/commits/v2-WIP5

And the successful Travis builds:
https://travis-ci.org/openedev/u-boot-amarula/builds/453885472

> 
> >>>> I believe this is yet another manifestation of the problems of the 2
> >>>> month release cycle, which I think is too short and stressful.  
> >>>
> >>> And I believe that's a red herring.  All the same I am still considering
> >>> changes.  
> >>
> >> I'd really like to know how do other maintainers feel about this 2 month
> >> release cycle vs. for example 3 month like Linux does. I think the later
> >> is about right, 2 months is too short.  
> > 
> > Yes, I've asked before and there's a few people in the same camp as you,
> > and there's a few people who like 2 months, and there's a large number
> > of no strong opinions.  That's why I'm still thinking about changing
> > things again.  
> 
> Maybe we need a poll ?

I do agree on this.


Thanks,
Miquèl