There seem to be a bunch of bug fixes in the 6.04 branch that people really need. Do we know of any current regressions? Otherwise we really ought to just push the button... -hpa
On 01/06/2016 00:28, H. Peter Anvin via Syslinux wrote:> There seem to be a bunch of bug fixes in the 6.04 branch that people > really need. Do we know of any current regressions? Otherwise we > really ought to just push the button...I am a user of syslinux 4.0.7 to boot installers on BIOS aka Legacy. Knowing that 4.0.7 has been released on 2013-07-25, and not being able to check if changes have been made since then that would deserve a release (I am only aware of a commit for ishoybrid.c) I am wondering: would a version 4.0.8 provide signficant advantages over 4.0.7? Then I would request it. I know that I could migrate to upcoming 6.0.4. but am unable to see what that brings that I can't do with 4.0.7, considering that I am not interested on EFI for syslinux: elilo is good enough for just booting an installer from an USB stick or optical media[1] and there are also other options for booting an installed OS. Didier [1]And as far as I know 6.0.3 can't boot from an optical media on UEFI anyway.
> There seem to be a bunch of bug fixes in the 6.04 branch that people > really need. Do we know of any current regressions? Otherwise we > really ought to just push the button... > > -hpaReleasing 6.04 now would be like focusing on a wedding celebration and forgetting about the marriage. FWIW, some time ago I added the relevant changes / news to the changelog in the wiki (including an important item that was fixed for 6.03 but was not added to the changelog back then). Regressions? Building problems? Certainly, there are more than enough. My emails are being mostly ignored, so there is no point in providing details. Regards, Ady.
> On 01/06/2016 00:28, H. Peter Anvin via Syslinux wrote: > > There seem to be a bunch of bug fixes in the 6.04 branch that people > > really need. Do we know of any current regressions? Otherwise we > > really ought to just push the button... > > I am a user of syslinux 4.0.7 to boot installers on BIOS aka Legacy. > > Knowing that 4.0.7 has been released on 2013-07-25, and not being able > to check if changes have been made since then that would deserve a > release (I am only aware of a commit for ishoybrid.c) I am wondering: > would a version 4.0.8 provide signficant advantages over 4.0.7? > Then I would request it. >@Didier, There were several potential fixes and improvements that were never back-ported to the "syslinux-4.xx" branch. The very few commits in that branch could be added to interested distributions without releasing a new official version. Moreover, there were potential new features / additions that were also not introduced to the "syslinux-4.xx" branch. IMHO, the few changes after 4.07 do not justify a 4.08 official release.> I know that I could migrate to upcoming 6.0.4. but am unable to see what > that brings that I can't do with 4.0.7, considering that I am not > interested on EFI for syslinux: elilo is good enough for just booting an > installer from an USB stick or optical media[1] and there are also other > options for booting an installed OS. > > Didier > > [1]And as far as I know 6.0.3 can't boot from an optical media on UEFI > anyway.IMHO, and knowing that you are using Slackware, I would suggest against upgrading to the 6.xx branch. The regressions (and other issues) present in 6.xx against 4.xx would not be worth the upgrade. Regards, Ady.
On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 03:28:02PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin via Syslinux wrote:> There seem to be a bunch of bug fixes in the 6.04 branch that people > really need. Do we know of any current regressions?Patch in http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2016-June/025216.html seems to me a "new compiler thingy"> Otherwise we really ought to just push the button...Please do. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Release early, release often.
How about the recently introduced weak issue? On May 31, 2016 6:31 PM, "H. Peter Anvin via Syslinux" <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:> There seem to be a bunch of bug fixes in the 6.04 branch that people > really need. Do we know of any current regressions? Otherwise we > really ought to just push the button... > > -hpa > _______________________________________________ > Syslinux mailing list > Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux >
> How about the recently introduced weak issue? > On May 31, 2016 6:31 PM, "H. Peter Anvin via Syslinux" <syslinux at zytor.com> > wrote: > > > There seem to be a bunch of bug fixes in the 6.04 branch that people > > really need. Do we know of any current regressions? Otherwise we > > really ought to just push the button... > > > > -hpaHow about the "HIDDEN" issue? How about updating and testing the gnu-efi submodule? How about the "keeppxe" patch (perhaps solving a bug that has been present since v.5+)? Or how about the feedback I wrote when 6.04-pre1 was released? How about a "gptmbr.bin" that supports XFS? How about the many regressions still present, for so many years? And the pending patches? [sarcasm mode on] Let's have an automatic daily build! Moreover, let's have an automatic daily release! One new official release version every single day. That way, the so many many many users of Syslinux 6+ would get a newer updated version, with a shiny new number, every single day! Yeah, I'm sure that would solve all the problems. [sarcasm mode off] I seriously doubt that there are many people actually requesting for an updated release, except maybe for super-lazy maintainers that don't really care (and I am able to prove this with facts, but I won't waste my own time with something that won't be even read). I wish and hope for actual development. Shiny and, at this point, completely useless numbers, won't change the facts.
On 01.06.2016 00:28, H. Peter Anvin via Syslinux wrote:> There seem to be a bunch of bug fixes in the 6.04 branch that people > really need. Do we know of any current regressions? Otherwise we > really ought to just push the button... > > -hpa >http://git.zytor.com/syslinux/syslinux.git/commit/?id=9acbffd breaks EFI and BIOS boot http://bugzilla.syslinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71 Syslinux 6.04 - "Pedal to the metal" :)
On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 4:57 AM, poma via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:> On 01.06.2016 00:28, H. Peter Anvin via Syslinux wrote: >> There seem to be a bunch of bug fixes in the 6.04 branch that people >> really need. Do we know of any current regressions? Otherwise we >> really ought to just push the button... >> >> -hpa >> > > http://git.zytor.com/syslinux/syslinux.git/commit/?id=9acbffd > breaks EFI and BIOS boot > http://bugzilla.syslinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71In this message, you forgot to specify that you were using bleeding edge versions of build tools (however it was in your bug message). -- -Gene