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

[Marek Vasut]

On 11/13/2018 11:33 AM, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> 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

Ugh, patchwork links would be nice.

But for example
https://github.com/openedev/u-boot-amarula/commit/91d8f9979420827942ca1f336df36504bd2c1943

is quite inobvious, and I think buggy ...

 	else if (env_get_f("mtdparts", tmp_parts, sizeof(tmp_parts) != -1))

sizeof(tmp_parts) != -1 will always be true.

> 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
> 


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Best regards,
Marek Vasut