[racket-dev] Pre-Release Checklist for v5.3.6

From: Sam Tobin-Hochstadt (samth at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 24 23:00:42 EDT 2013

Ok, great!

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Robby Findler
<robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
> I think those are already planned to be taken. So lets see if the tests pass
> in the next build.
>
> Robby
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <samth at ccs.neu.edu>
> wrote:
>>
>> If we just take the latter 3 commits that Vincent mentioned, it should
>> fix the (serial) tests. Those are just TR test fixes, and can't break
>> anything else.
>>
>> Sam
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 10:54 PM, Robby Findler
>> <robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
>> > I don't think we should take that commit. Is it possible to get a
>> > version of
>> > the TR tests that either don't run in parallel or run without passing
>> > keywords across place channels?
>> >
>> > Robby
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 9:41 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <samth at ccs.neu.edu>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I will say that I'm not 100% happy with just assuming that TR works in
>> >> the absence of a clean test run.  Is there a reason not to include
>> >> these fixes?
>> >>
>> >> Sam
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Robby Findler
>> >> <robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
>> >> > Thanks.
>> >> >
>> >> > Robby
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Vincent St-Amour
>> >> > <stamourv at ccs.neu.edu>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The problems I've observed were only with the tests.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The first problem I reported was caused by a bug/limitation in
>> >> >> places,
>> >> >> which was fixed by 733907474190da499a1782b230086170c5b87643. It was
>> >> >> preventing the TR test suite from running properly.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The others were bugs in the TR tests, not in TR itself.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> TR itself should be fine for the release.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Vincent
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> At Wed, 24 Jul 2013 15:03:08 -0500,
>> >> >> Robby Findler wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > [1  <text/plain; UTF-8 (7bit)>]
>> >> >> > Vincent: can you clarify what the status of TR & the release is,
>> >> >> > please?
>> >> >> > Are there problems only with tests, or were there problems
>> >> >> > elsewhere
>> >> >> > too?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Thanks,
>> >> >> > Robby
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Vincent St-Amour
>> >> >> > <stamourv at ccs.neu.edu>wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > > The TR tests still fail when using a single place.
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > > The following commits should be included in the release:
>> >> >> > > 069ff59a4bd6a988a5670c7e4dd38c1dbbe12ec0
>> >> >> > > 0e7940ab4943600e6f5c8f13ce7ee13e8af9a8f5
>> >> >> > > ab5075bc762356f86bb7dfd34dac8d24ada1a140
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > > Vincent
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > > At Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:49:20 -0400,
>> >> >> > > Vincent St-Amour wrote:
>> >> >> > > >
>> >> >> > > > At Mon, 22 Jul 2013 15:13:28 -0400,
>> >> >> > > > Ryan Culpepper wrote:
>> >> >> > > > >
>> >> >> > > > > Checklist items for the v5.3.6 release
>> >> >> > > > >    (using the v5.3.5.900 release candidate build)
>> >> >> > > > >
>> >> >> > > > > Search for your name to find relevant items, reply when you
>> >> >> > > > > finish
>> >> >> > > > > an
>> >> >> > > > > item (please indicate which item/s is/are done).  Also, if
>> >> >> > > > > you
>> >> >> > > > > have any
>> >> >> > > > > commits that should have been picked, make sure that the
>> >> >> > > > > changes
>> >> >> > > > > are
>> >> >> > > in.
>> >> >> > > > >
>> >> >> > > > > Important: new builds are created without announcement,
>> >> >> > > > > usually
>> >> >> > > whenever
>> >> >> > > > > I pick a few commits.  If you need to commit changes, please
>> >> >> > > > > make
>> >> >> > > > > sure
>> >> >> > > > > you tell me to pick it into the release branch.
>> >> >> > > > >
>> >> >> > > > > --> Release candidates are at
>> >> >> > > > > -->   http://pre.racket-lang.org/release/installers
>> >> >> > > >
>> >> >> > > > The "Linux/i386/Ubuntu Precise" installer is 64 bits, which is
>> >> >> > > > wrong.
>> >> >> > > >
>> >> >> > > > > * Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <samth at ccs.neu.edu>,
>> >> >> > > > >     Vincent St-Amour <stamourv at ccs.neu.edu>
>> >> >> > > > >    - Match Tests
>> >> >> > > > >    - Typed Racket Tests
>> >> >> > > > >    - Typed Racket Updates: update HISTORY
>> >> >> > > > >    (updates should show v5.3.6 as the most current version;
>> >> >> > > > > email
>> >> >> > > > > me
>> >> >> > > > >    to pick the changes when they're done, or tell me if
>> >> >> > > > > there
>> >> >> > > > > are
>> >> >> > > > > no
>> >> >> > > such
>> >> >> > > > >    changes.)
>> >> >> > > >
>> >> >> > > > I get the following error when runing the TR tests:
>> >> >> > > >
>> >> >> > > > place-channel-put: value not allowed in a message
>> >> >> > > >   value: '#:methods
>> >> >> > > >   ...
>> >> >> > > >
>> >> >> > > > Is 733907474190da499a1782b230086170c5b87643 missing from the
>> >> >> > > > release?
>> >> >> > > >
>> >> >> > > > Now running the tests without places.
>> >> >> > > >
>> >> >> > > > Vincent
>> >> >> > > _________________________
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>> >> >> > >
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>> >> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
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