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 <jcb62...@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
