[sdcc-devel] SDCC 4.5.0 RC1 schedule vs macOS snapshots

[Philipp K. K. <pk...@sp...>]

We currently don't have macOS snapshots, but SDCC working on macOS on
amd64 is one of the acceptance criteria for an SDCC release (and macOS
binaries for amd64 are one of the release deliverables).

According to our schedule, there should be RC1 tomorrow. On one hand,
I'd like to avoid delays at this point, on the other hand I don't want
to give up on macOS. I'd really like to soon get the additinal testing
that usually results from having a release candidate.

So I think, it would make sense to go ahead with RC1, even if it doesn'T
include macOS binaries, but, if necessary, delay furhter stpes of the
release process. This could mean that RC1 macOS for amd64 binaries are
delkayed vs. other systems (if the problem is purely on the macOS build
machine side), or that we will have a RC1 without macOS followed by a
RC2 that includes macOS (if we need to make changes in svn to get the
macOS snapshots back).

Philipp
(SDCC 4.5.0 release4 manager)