[Jython-dev] Jython 2.7.2b1 -- ready to go?

[Jeff A. <ja...@fa...>]

I think the version of Jython now at the repo tip is, apart from 
changing the metadata, a viable Jython 2.7.2 beta.

I have dry run the process several times to the point where I can make 
the artefacts that would go to Sonatype, at least as far as I can test 
that. I have ironed out the problems (as they arise on my machine) and 
worked on the ant scripts. I think it's a straight run now for Frank to 
build and publish.

The process is here: 
https://jython-devguide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/release_jy.html

I have bumped Jython up to Java 8. This broke a few things, now 
resolved. JarJar does not translate the later bytecode in the version we 
had used. (See issue 2806.) And Java 8 is picky about Javadoc, where 
apparently we've not been good :o(. I fixed over a hundred javadoc 
errors, but I'm leaving the warnings for a later burst of enthusiasm.

A lot of bugs are fixed in this release and some features added as noted 
in NEWS. I still have misgivings around the number of suppressed tests 
(and so many places we can do it), and the way tests involving 
networking (SSL and Netty) contiunue to be flakey. The socket-related 
modules are an awesome achievement, but incomplete in some ways. 
However, one must not let the defects dominate one's thinking. So much 
is good and improved in 2.7.2, and this includes all the issues we 
prioritised in the triage.

What do others think? Tag it?

Jeff

-- 
Jeff Allen