[CMake] Bug fix requests for the *next* release of CMake...

[Robert Dailey]

http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=12649

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Robert Dailey


On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 11:11 AM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Replies requested. Short replies only. Read on. Just a short reply
> with bug numbers or links to the bugs is all we need here. Please move
> specific discussions into the bugs themselves or start a new thread to
> talk about it... Replies on this thread should just be a collector for
> bug numbers.
>
> Example one-line reply:
>
>  http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=12647
>
> We are aiming for quarterly releases from now on, scheduling them
> every 3 months. That would make the next release of CMake version
> 2.8.8, scheduled to have an "rc1" release candidate on Wed. March 7,
> 2012 -- just 9 weeks from this Wednesday.
>
> If you have a particular issue that you think should be fixed for
> inclusion in 2.8.8, please bring it up within the next two weeks.
> Ideally, each issue will be discussed as needed on the mailing list to
> come to any consensus about what should be done to fix it, and then an
> entry in the bug tracker may be used to keep it on the radar screen,
> and to track activity related to it. You can see what's on the roadmap
> for this release here:
> http://public.kitware.com/Bug/roadmap_page.php?version_id=90
>
> Patches are always welcome. Patches that include testing of any new
> features, or tests that prove a bug is really fixed on the dashboards,
> basically any patch with testing is preferred over a patch with no
> testing. Also, if you are *adding* code, then you also probably need
> to add *tests* of that code, so that the coverage percentage stays as
> is or rises.
>
> Please discuss issues here as needed, and add notes to existing issues
> in the bug tracker that you are interested in seeing fixed -- we will
> be looking at the mailing list and activity in the bug tracker to help
> prioritize the bug fixes that will occur in the near future.
>
>
> Thanks,
> David Cole
> Kitware, Inc.
>
>
> P.S. - as a nice summary of what we accomplished in the CMake 2.8.7
> release, see here:
> http://public.kitware.com/Bug/changelog_page.php?version_id=89
> -- it currently lists 43 issues that we resolved: nice job, everybody!
>
> (Many of those were specifically addressed because somebody brought it
> up in response to my similar email from just after the last release...
> Don't be shy!)
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