Porters,
In a few days, v5.33.9 will drop and then we're on the home stretch toward v5.34.0. It's time to get even more serious about blocker review. For this, I looked at open issues with the label affects-5.34. We have three:
BBC: Blead Breaks Data::Alias <https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/18668> — Slaven notes that until recently there were *some* pass reports, but I think the general consensus here is that it's been totally broken for a year and probably won't ever be repaired. I think we should call this a non-blocker. (That said, the kind of failure Slaven shows is really weird. Has anybody given it a glance?)
Replacement of PL_hash_seed with PL_hash_seed_w breaks mod_perl2 <https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/18617> — It looks like we (in the form of Yves) have said that the bug is downstream in mod_perl2. Do we know whether mod_perl2 is still broken? Is anyone capable of doing a test build and, possibly, providing a patch?
Strengthen weak refs when sorting in-place <https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/17569> — I don't think we can deal with this before 5.34.0.
I did *not* go through all the "affects blead issues <https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aaffects-blead>", but may do. We used to have a "blocks vX" tag (well, meta-ticket) which was useful to really call out blockers. If there's no such label now, maybe it'd be good to bring one back.
???? Are there other blockers unlisted here?
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rjbs
In a few days, v5.33.9 will drop and then we're on the home stretch toward v5.34.0. It's time to get even more serious about blocker review. For this, I looked at open issues with the label affects-5.34. We have three:
BBC: Blead Breaks Data::Alias <https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/18668> — Slaven notes that until recently there were *some* pass reports, but I think the general consensus here is that it's been totally broken for a year and probably won't ever be repaired. I think we should call this a non-blocker. (That said, the kind of failure Slaven shows is really weird. Has anybody given it a glance?)
Replacement of PL_hash_seed with PL_hash_seed_w breaks mod_perl2 <https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/18617> — It looks like we (in the form of Yves) have said that the bug is downstream in mod_perl2. Do we know whether mod_perl2 is still broken? Is anyone capable of doing a test build and, possibly, providing a patch?
Strengthen weak refs when sorting in-place <https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/17569> — I don't think we can deal with this before 5.34.0.
I did *not* go through all the "affects blead issues <https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aaffects-blead>", but may do. We used to have a "blocks vX" tag (well, meta-ticket) which was useful to really call out blockers. If there's no such label now, maybe it'd be good to bring one back.
???? Are there other blockers unlisted here?
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rjbs