> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Thomas [mailto:ma...@apache.org] > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 1:28 PM > To: Tomcat Developers List > Subject: Re: 8.0.x / 7.0.x progress > > On 01/10/2013 19:39, Mark Thomas wrote: > > 8.0.x trunk appears to be stable (i.e. no longer crashes) > > So far no-one has come forward with results to contradict this and folks that > reported issues with RC3 have not been able to repeat them. > > The additional issues reported with the snake example have been resolved. > > Currently, the 8.0.x unit tests pass (with tomcat native built from > 1.1.x) for BIO, NIO and APR/native. > > > but the > > FormAuthenticator unit tests are very slow (24 minutes). This needs to > > be resolved. > > This has been resolved. > > > I will port the latest APR changes to 7.0.x shortly. > > Also done. > > > A build of the latest 1.1.x tomcat-native code is required to achieve > > that stability. The implication is that a 1.1.29 release will be > > required before the next 7.0.x release. > > I'm now certain that a tomcat native 1.1.29 release will be required before we > can roll the next 7.0.x release. > > > The unit tests have identified a rare failure mode in JULI during > > context stop: > > http://ci.apache.org/projects/tomcat/tomcat7/logs/1527504/TEST-org.apa > > che.catalina.websocket.TestWebSocket.NIO.txt > > This does not appear to be connector related so it is very unlikely that any > tomcat native changes would be required to fix this. > > > The fairly frequent (5%-10%) failure rate of TestCoyoteOutputStream > > still needs to be addressed. > > This appears to impact all connectors so at this point it is unlikely a tomcat > native change would be required. > > > I think we are at a point where it makes sense to start a tomcat native > 1.1.29 release. Mladen?
Please excuse the possibly naïve question, but what does it mean to "start a native release" - in terms of timeline? Is this a build/test cycle, or is there more involved? Just curious what we may be looking at with regard to impact on 7.0 GA. - thx, bob > > Mark > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional > commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org