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* Next Date | * Next Date | ||
| + | ** nov 14th | ||
* Releases | * Releases | ||
** 5.7.1 (should be out) | ** 5.7.1 (should be out) | ||
** what's next? | ** what's next? | ||
| + | *** '''Nothing immediate; think of 5.5.x and 5.6.x after December''' | ||
* Administrative | * Administrative | ||
** Git | ** Git | ||
| + | *** git describe produces strange results | ||
| + | **** ie, on 5.5 it shows a tag of v5.4 | ||
| + | ***** hardaker suspects this is because the 5.4 branch is merged into 5.5, and the v5.4 tag was released more recently than any 5.5 tags | ||
*** ChangeLog generation | *** ChangeLog generation | ||
| + | **** '''hardaker notes that the current ChangeLog generation done by git2cl may not be accurate and would like to consider alternatives''' | ||
| + | **** Discussion: | ||
| + | ****# what are the goals of the changelog? | ||
| + | ****#* A detailed indication of what has happened to a particular development line | ||
| + | ****#* Raw material for CHANGES/NEWS files | ||
| + | ****# how useful/used/important do we with think the file is? | ||
| + | ****#* probably not essential | ||
| + | ****#* One of the better documentation introductions! | ||
| + | ****#* users rely on a change log to take upgrade decisions. So I think that a good change log / release notes are really important. | ||
| + | ****# as long as we meet #1 in some way, is another choice ok? | ||
| + | ****#* Sure | ||
** autoconf | ** autoconf | ||
| + | *** rehashing of previous discussion surrounding use of latest autoconf on all branches | ||
| + | *** tanders brings up a point of older distros not being able to update to a later release on a patch tree | ||
| + | **** some distros might force-run autoreconf? | ||
| + | **** some distros might patch configure but don't have the latest autoconf available and thus if we use later features they're stuck. | ||
** 6.0 | ** 6.0 | ||
* Technical | * Technical | ||
| + | ** Secondary address support for Linux in IP-MIB is broken. | ||
| + | *** ifaliases on linux are broken because of : searching is likely wrong; bvanassche hopes to look at it in a few weeks. | ||
| + | ** Wiki captcha is broken - "socket closed". | ||
* roundtable | * roundtable | ||
| + | ** hardaker: not much lately | ||
| + | ** dts12: work | ||
| + | ** tanders: 5.7 on Solaris | ||
| + | ** bvanassche: memory leaks | ||
| + | ** tanders: debian to 5.7.1 | ||
Latest revision as of 11:01, 3 December 2011
Net-SNMP Meeting
2011-10-24
2011-10-24
| Previous: | 2011-09-26 |
| Next: | 2011-12-19 |
This is the meeting agenda/notes for the Meeting held on 2011-10-24.
Date and Time: 2011-10-24 19:00 UTC
- Next Date
- nov 14th
- Releases
- 5.7.1 (should be out)
- what's next?
- Nothing immediate; think of 5.5.x and 5.6.x after December
- Administrative
- Git
- git describe produces strange results
- ie, on 5.5 it shows a tag of v5.4
- hardaker suspects this is because the 5.4 branch is merged into 5.5, and the v5.4 tag was released more recently than any 5.5 tags
- ie, on 5.5 it shows a tag of v5.4
- ChangeLog generation
- hardaker notes that the current ChangeLog generation done by git2cl may not be accurate and would like to consider alternatives
- Discussion:
- what are the goals of the changelog?
- A detailed indication of what has happened to a particular development line
- Raw material for CHANGES/NEWS files
- how useful/used/important do we with think the file is?
- probably not essential
- One of the better documentation introductions!
- users rely on a change log to take upgrade decisions. So I think that a good change log / release notes are really important.
- as long as we meet #1 in some way, is another choice ok?
- Sure
- what are the goals of the changelog?
- git describe produces strange results
- autoconf
- rehashing of previous discussion surrounding use of latest autoconf on all branches
- tanders brings up a point of older distros not being able to update to a later release on a patch tree
- some distros might force-run autoreconf?
- some distros might patch configure but don't have the latest autoconf available and thus if we use later features they're stuck.
- 6.0
- Git
- Technical
- Secondary address support for Linux in IP-MIB is broken.
- ifaliases on linux are broken because of : searching is likely wrong; bvanassche hopes to look at it in a few weeks.
- Wiki captcha is broken - "socket closed".
- Secondary address support for Linux in IP-MIB is broken.
- roundtable
- hardaker: not much lately
- dts12: work
- tanders: 5.7 on Solaris
- bvanassche: memory leaks
- tanders: debian to 5.7.1
