Re: Schedule for next release?

[Kito Cheng]

Hi Jacob:

Thank you for telling me the story, I can understand maintaining and
releasing such project is not easy.

Appreciate your work :)

On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 10:18 AM Jacob Bachmeyer <jcb62281@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Kito Cheng wrote:
> > Hi all:
> >
> > Last released version of dejagnu is 1.6.2 which is released on
> > 2018-11, according to the release history the period is 1 release / ~1
> > year.
> >
> > So I would like to know if there is any schedule on release 1.6.3?
> >
> > Thanks :)
> >
>
> I am working on it.  The previous maintainer quietly took an "indefinite
> break" in late 2019, then quietly left the project some months later and
> the senior maintainer (who was originally planning to issue 1.6.3 to
> show me how) now has very limited time available, so I will have to make
> 1.6.3 happen.  I admit a bit of nervousness in picking up such a
> long-running project like this.
>
> Since it seems that 1.6.3 will be the first release to go out over my
> signature, I want to be sure to have the proverbial ducks in a row and
> am currently chasing the last of the administrative "ducks" for 1.6.3.
> If all goes well, I hope to have a first release candidate out later
> this month.  If it works well, 1.6.3 should follow and development
> towards 1.6.4 will resume.
>
>
> -- Jacob