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

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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