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Re: Issue [4623] : backport patch
Howard Chu wrote:
> Matthew Backes wrote:
>>>> I wanted to submit a shortish patch, basically backported from the 2.4
>>>> solution for issue 4623 to the 2.3 branch, tested on Linux and
>>>> Solaris 9.
>>>> I am not sure about the proper way to submit such a patch, any
>>>> comment is
>>>> therefore welcome.
>>>> Technically, it is just a backport of 2.4's fix for 4623. It has been
>>>> tested on both Linux and Solaris 9.
>>
>>> Reviewing this code again, in my opinion this is a feature
>>> enhancement and it has no place in 2.3 which is feature-frozen.
>>
>> Please reconsider; it is a feature enhancement, but it's one that
>> matches the text of the docs And the original intent of the docs.
>>
>> Finer granularity in the divisions between antique/stable/alpha code
>> would be helpful both to potential contributors and users. Allowing
>> some feature enhancements into 2.3 after each stable-point seems like
>> a reasonably mild way to do this; stable-only users will sit tight
>> until the stable tag is advanced (and probably quite a bit longer,
>> arg), while many others will be interested in trying these features
>> long before 2.4 is usable for their sites.
>
> Well, ideally 2.4 would have been generally released by now. For the
> most part its code has been stable for the past several months anyway.
> Aside from a couple of minor issues, the biggest missing piece now is
> just the documentation.
Well, the TOC is there and anyone who feels the want to pick a
section/subsection and contribute, please go ahead.
Gavin.
>
> But in the absence of a general 2.4 release, I guess it makes sense to
> do some more minor enhancements to 2.3. Kurt has also identified some
> password-control related enhancements to get into 2.3.
>
> I've got no real problem with putting this code into 2.3 if there are no
> objections to unfreezing the release. The code obviously works, and
> there's no IPR issue with the submission since the code is all
> originally written by me.
>
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Gavin Henry.
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