[Xastir] [Xastir-dev] ATTENTION: Preparing for next release: Please thrash on the code

Curt Mills curt.we7u at gmail.com
Thu May 30 10:37:56 PDT 2019 

Rgr. Will post announcement today then.

On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 10:33 AM km5vy Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org> wrote:

> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 11:12:03AM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron
> collision of the <russo at bogodyn.org> flavor, containing:
> > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 11:52:53AM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron
> collision of the <curt.we7u at gmail.com> flavor, containing:
> > > Fine by me. I can do all the announcements.
> >
> > It is likely that I'll go ahead and walk through the git steps of doing
> > the release tonight instead of tomorrow.
>
> Or now.
>
> It is done.
>
> https://github.com/Xastir/Xastir/releases/tag/Release-2.1.2
>
> > My "friday off" turns out to be a
> > day of household chores.
> >
> > Actually stepping through the release process is only a few minutes, and
> the
> > longest steps are those that verify that the easy steps were done
> correctly.
> >
> > I'll shoot a message to the lists when it's done, and then the proper
> announcing
> > can happen.
> >
> > > On Mon, May 27, 2019, 10:07 AM Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 01:05:53PM -0600, we recorded a
> bogon-computron
> > > > collision of the <russo at bogodyn.org> flavor, containing:
> > > > > On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 07:15:52AM -0700, we recorded a
> bogon-computron
> > > > collision of the <curt.we7u at gmail.com> flavor, containing:
> > > > > > Anyone else have any reports, good or bad?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > FWIW: For the types of things I do the latest code has been
> stable for
> > > > me.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We're getting close to a release and Tom will most likely be the
> one
> > > > doing
> > > > > > it. No target date has been mentioned. If we run into any nasty
> bugs
> > > > that
> > > > > > might delay.
> > > > >
> > > > > Let's set a date right now.  I can set aside the time to do the
> release
> > > > > on only a few days in the upcoming weeks (it doesn't take long,
> but it's
> > > > > a process that takes some attention, and is documented in
> > > > README.developers.md).
> > > > >
> > > > > The days I could do it are:
> > > > >   Friday, 31 May
> > > > >   Friday, 14 June
> > > > >   Sometime on the weekend of 21-23 June.
> > > >
> > > > Can we pick one?  I propose we just rip off the band-aid and do it
> > > > Friday 31 May.  I can take care of the git work if you'll handle
> doing all
> > > > the various announcements.
> > > >
> > > > > I think that we are already at a point where there has been
> sufficient
> > > > time
> > > > > to shake out the code on master, and we could release today if we
> wanted
> > > > > to.  Next friday is the earliest I have the opportunity to spend
> on it.
> > > > >
> > > > > If someone else wanted to try out the release process, it's all
> > > > documented
> > > > > in gory detail in README.developers.md, and if followed precisely
> would
> > > > > produce a new release that would be ready (down to file names of
> > > > tarballs)
> > > > > to slot into the package creation processes various distros use,
> just by
> > > > > changing the version number.  Or pick a date and I'll do it then.
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 6:16 PM Lee Bengston <
> lee.bengston at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > I've played with it some and and have not found any issues. I
> put
> > > > together
> > > > > > > a BPQ packet node in January, and I haven't fully back-filled
> what I
> > > > had
> > > > > > > "stolen" from aprs, so testing capability is fairly limited.
> From
> > > > what I
> > > > > > > can tell, though, it's nice and stable.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I do have a few questions about the source ( yeah, always one
> in the
> > > > crowd
> > > > > > > :-) )
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > - In dlm.c noticed references to "curl-multi" and evidently the
> > > > capability
> > > > > > > to leverage parallel downloading of map tiles as supported by
> > > > libcurl. Is
> > > > > > > whether or not that is supported in our platform based on what
> > > > version of
> > > > > > > curl is installed?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > - now that dlm.c handles downloading tiles, is there anything
> left in
> > > > > > > tile_mgmnt.c that is still needed or could tile_mgmnt.h and
> > > > tile_mgmnt.c be
> > > > > > > removed?  It seems at a minimum the "getOneTile" portion of
> > > > tile_mgmnt.c is
> > > > > > > no longer needed.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Looks like you guys are doing a lot of cleanup in this
> release, so
> > > > brought
> > > > > > > that up just in case there's some stuff there that could be
> > > > streamlined a
> > > > > > > bit.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Fyi, my Odroid XU4 (arm based) beats the pants off my Intel
> Celeron
> > > > based
> > > > > > > laptop in terms of map download speed.  Both are on Ubuntu
> 18.04
> > > > with the
> > > > > > > MATE desktop. Am wondering if the fact that the XU4 has an
> octa-core
> > > > cpu
> > > > > > > makes a difference with respect to curl-multi.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The cleaner compiling is very noticeable, and the earlier note
> about
> > > > newer
> > > > > > > compilers spitting out more warnings matches what I saw.
> Compiling
> > > > is
> > > > > > > cleaner in Debian Stretch and Ubuntu 16.04 than it is in Ubuntu
> > > > 18.04, but
> > > > > > > it still builds fine.  (And even in Ubuntu 18.04 the new code
> still
> > > > > > > compiles a lot cleaner that the older code did)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Lee
> > > > > > > K5DAT
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 9:57 AM Curt Mills <curt.we7u at gmail.com
> >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > We're planning to do a release within a few weeks. It might
> be as
> > > > few as
> > > > > > > 2
> > > > > > > > weeks.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Please check out / compile / thrash on the latest Github
> Xastir
> > > > code.
> > > > > > > Find
> > > > > > > > anything that broke with our latest code fixes. Exercise all
> types
> > > > of
> > > > > > > > interfaces, messaging, bulletins, weather stations, tracking,
> > > > following
> > > > > > > > stations, maps, etc. Anything you can think of.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > The latest code compiles much cleaner and a lot of fixes
> went in
> > > > to make
> > > > > > > > that possible. We'd like this release to function well, so
> > > > whatever you
> > > > > > > can
> > > > > > > > do to exercise the code would be most appreciated.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > If you find a bug or odd operation, report it here:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >   https://github.com/Xastir/Xastir/issues
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > Curt, WE7U        http://we7u.wetnet.net
> > > > > > > > http://www.sarguydigital.com
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> > > > [n-z][a-m]
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> > --
> > Tom Russo    KM5VY
> > Tijeras, NM
> >
> >  echo "prpv_a'rfg_cnf_har_cvcr" | sed -e 's/_/ /g' | tr [a-m][n-z]
> [n-z][a-m]
>
> --
> Tom Russo    KM5VY
> Tijeras, NM
>
>  echo "prpv_a'rfg_cnf_har_cvcr" | sed -e 's/_/ /g' | tr [a-m][n-z]
> [n-z][a-m]
>
>

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