[Cppunit-devel] 1.6.1 changes

[Steve M. R. <ste...@vi...>]

On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 02:59:04PM +0200, Baptiste Lepilleur wrote:
> Quoting "Steve M. Robbins" <ste...@vi...>:

> > Well, so far, we aren't exactly inundated with bug reports.  So making
> > the change at the end of next week is probably fine.
> > 
> > At any rate, ONCE the branch is made, the idea is to merge 1.6.x
> > bugfix changes to the main trunk (if applicable) as you do them.
> > Any delay of the merge just makes it more complicated.
> 
>   Well, I was thinking about a slighlty tighter time schedule :-)
>   - have the branch made this week-end, and 
>   - release 1.8.0 by the end of next week-end...

Ah, I had originally misunderstood your timetable.

OK, I have time this weekend to do 1.6.1, and then I'll make the branch
at that point.  Deal?

So the question becomes: what can we reasonably include in 1.6.1?
The changes I'd like to make are the following

1. Fix the doc file to include cookbook.html.
2. Eliminate the repeated includes pointed out by Bob S.
3. Include the (non-OSX) mac config.
4. Include an FAQ available both in the sources and via the web.
5. Updated docs, especially the intro/cookbook.

I can certainly do #1 and #2 myself.  For #3 to make it in, someone
(Duane?)  will have to supply the relevant preprocessor symbols to
use.  Since Baptiste has already expressed interest in the FAQ, I'm
happy to leave that to him should he wish it; otherwise I'll throw
something together at the last minute.

To aid the FAQ compiler, it would be helpful to send in candidate
questions and answers.  Perhaps those of you who just joined us
recall one or two large stumbling blocks?  Or those of you reading
the user- and help- forums see questions coming up over and over?

Similarly, corrections and additions to other bits of docs would be
greatly appreciated!  In particular, the intro page (cppunit.sf.net)
cookbook need work.  Learning to use CppUnit was quite troublesome in
my experience, so this is one area that should get extra attention, I
feel.

Are there other items to include in 1.6.1 that can be done today or
tomorrow (especially on the non-unix side)?  

-Steve

P.S.  Don't worry about the short deadlines.  We can make 1.6.2 at any
time.


>   By the way, has xprogramming.org been contacted, the page haven't been 
> updated ?

Not by me.  I'm only handling the SF release process (and I'm going to
do the next Debian release, too).  Baastien said he did a freshmeat
announcement.  I don't know of any other channels.  I'd suggest: if
you know of a community of potential interest then make the
announcement and let us on cppunit-devel know.

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