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The -rc branch for this release will be cut on 2007/06/01. The target release date is 2007/06/15.

This release is being shepherded by Juuso "iuso" Alasuutari <iuso_AT_sourcemage_DOT_org> -- contact him with questions.

Join the #sourcemage-grimoire channel on irc.freenode.net if you want to help or need help.

How to test

  1. Pick some spells from the lists below and put your name in as the volunteer. Optionally add some spells to the extra spells section, with your name as volunteer.
  2. For your spells, search bugzilla for any existing bugs. Decide which are gating and which aren't, and fill out the "Notes" column appropriately. Put an "X" in the "Searched" column so we know someone has done the search.
  3. Get a machine with the current stable on it. Either your regular box, or a vm, or just a chroot. Instructions for getting a chroot/vm image are below.
  4. Cast your spells from stable if you don't have them already. If they won't install, ignore it and keep going.
  5. Get stable-rc on that machine, either via 'scribe add stable-rc' or just using the git branch directly.
  6. Try updating your spells, or if they wouldn't install in stable try casting them directly from -rc.
  7. Note any failures, issues, etc. in the "Notes" column. File bugs as necessary, noting which new issues are gating and which aren't.
  8. Once the spell has cast for you without any gating problems, put an "X" in the "Signed-Off" column.

It's up to you to define "gating" for your spells.

Keeping us informed of what you've found is more important than fixing everything yourself. If you run out of time someone else can pick up for you but only if they can tell what's going on.

Getting the chroot/vm image

If you're already are running stable somewhere, you don't need to wait, just test with that. Otherwise, download the chroot below:

Chroot

Volunteer

how to get

0.11 x86

sandalle

smgl-stable-0.10-basesystem-x86.tar.bz2 smgl-stable-0.10-basesystem-x86.tar.bz2.asc

List of Supported Spells

Place an "X" in the signed off column once you have signed off on the spell. If you happen to test a full system-upgrade, feel free to put an "X" and your nick in the "Alt Sign-Off" column for any spells that work for you.

We release once all spells below have:

  1. An "X" in the "Searched" column indicating someone has at least searched bugzilla for known issues, even if they found nothing.
  2. Sign-off by the volunteer owning that spell this release, OR sign-off by someone in the "Alt Sign-Off" column IF there are no gating bugs noted by the owner.

Basesystem Spells

Spell Name

Volunteer

Searched

Sign-Off

Alt Sign-Off

Notes

basesystem

sandalle

X

X

X(lynx)

12857 half fixed... what PAGERS do we have to offer? not gating

bash

p3pilot

X

X

X(sandalle)

no bugs found

binutils

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

bison

iuso

X

X

X(sandalle)

no open bugs

bzip2

iuso

X

X

X(sandalle)

no open bugs

console-tools

iuso

X

X

X(sandalle)

13803 was resolved WORKSFORME, we're clear here

console-data

iuso

X

X

X(sandalle)

no bugs found

coreutils

sandalle

X

X

X(lynx)

no bugs found

cpio

iuso

X

X

X(lynx)

no bugs found

device-mapper

iuso

X

X

no bugs found

dhcpcd

iuso

X

X(sandalle)

11614 about dhcpcd on the ISO - Please comment!

dialog

sandalle

X

X

X(lynx)

no bugs found

diffutils

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

e2fsprogs

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

elvis

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

file

X

X(lynx)

so many hits for "file", but no bug filed for file

findutils

X

X(lynx)

no bugs found

flex

iuso

X

X

no bugs found

gawk

iuso

X

X

no bugs found

g++

sandalle

X

X

10645 with distcc; 13595 with INSTALL_ROOT

gcc

sandalle

X

X

9667, 10645, 11701, 12810, 13595, 13778 (not all about "the" gcc, though)

gettext

iuso

X

X

no bugs found

glibc

sandalle

X

X

7 direct hits, mostly about cross compilation; not gating, I suppose...

gnupg

sandalle

X

X

just 9666 on SPARC

grep

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

grub

X

X(sandalle)

11474 is still there...

gzip

sandalle

X

X

X(lynx)

no bugs found

iana-etc

lynx

X

X

13075 fixed

init.d

X

X(sandalle)

8198 Can we settle the mountall.sh? Same thing: 13450, 9177; 13363 FIXED in -rc; other bugs are enhancements

installwatch

iuso

X

X

no bugs found

jed

iuso

X

X

no bugs found

jfsutils

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

kbd

sandalle

X

X

no relevant bugs

less

sandalle

X

X

X(lynx)

no bugs found

lilo

iuso

X

X

8191 is now closed

locale

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

m4

iuso

X

X

no bugs found

make

iuso

X

X

no bugs found

mktemp

iuso

X

X

no bugs found

module-init-tools

sandalle

X

X

X(lynx)

no bugs found

nano

sandalle

X

X

X(lynx)

no bugs found

ncurses

sandalle

X

X

13654 still not closed... but serious; 13731 fixed

netconf

sandalle

X

X

10517 and 11694

net-tools

sandalle

X

X

X(lynx)

10297 and 10746 and 13823 (regression)

patch

iuso

X

X

no bugs found

perl

iuso

X

X

no direct bugs found

procps

sobukus

X

X

no bugs

readline

p3pilot

X

X

X(lynx)

8506 more about the practice of delete-before-install... and OLD

reiserfsprogs

iuso

X

X

no bugs found

sed

iuso

X

X

no bugs found

shadow

sobukus

X

X

13505 with debate and a test branch nobody is interested in and 13601 where one has to check upstream's status; won't call either gating

simpleinit-msb

iuso

X

X

no bugs found

smgl-archspecs

sobukus

X

X

no open bugs, no changes

smgl-fhs

sandalle

X

X

11747, 13112, 13354, 13777

tar

sobukus

X

X

no bugs

texinfo

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

udev

sandalle

X

X

X(lynx)

12700 and 12739

unzip

sobukus

X

X

no bugs

util-linux

iuso

X

X

no bugs found

vim

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

wget

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

xfsprogs

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

zlib

sandalle

X

X

no bugs found

Additional Spells

Spell Name

Volunteer

Searched

Sign-Off

Alt Sign-Off

Notes


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