Re: IPFire 2.17 - Core Update 91 release schedule

[Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>]

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Hello,

the x86 build is done and uploaded. You can start testing now. Please
report any issues if you find any.

The change log is over here:
  http://planet.ipfire.org/post/ipfire-2-17-core-update-91-is-available-for-testing

Best,
-Michael

On Thu, 2015-06-11 at 10:55 -0500, Rod Rodolico wrote:
> Michael,
> 
> I for one appreciate this kind of message. It lets me plan my testing
> and deployment planning.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Rod
> 
> On 06/11/2015 03:51 AM, Michael Tremer wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I just wanted to update you quickly about the upcoming Core Update 91
> > release plan.
> > 
> > There will be a new OpenSSL release at some time today (Thursday) which
> > fixes several security vulnerabilities in this library. We do not know
> > much about the severity of those vulnerabilities, yet, but we will
> > release a new Core Update any ways.
> > 
> > The changes that have been pushed into the next branch will be released
> > as well with an exception of Python. The Python package won't build on
> > some systems and due to lack of time to debug this properly the Python
> > update has been postponed.
> > 
> > As soon as the OpenSSL update is released we will start the build. We
> > expect this to be late at night (as it has been in the past) and
> > therefore the will be a build available Friday morning/noon European
> > time. The ARM build will take much longer to complete though.
> > 
> > We will push that build to the testing tree so that as many people can
> > help testing as possibly can.
> > 
> > If everything goes well we intend to release the final update 24 hours
> > after that - which will be Saturday some time after mid day.
> > 
> > Best,
> > -Michael
> > 
> > P.S. I was asked to send a short release plan for Core Updates on this
> > list because it is not so easy to find out what the current status is
> > sometimes. I would like your feedback about if this is a good idea and
> > if this is helping. I am hoping that it is helping us to engage more
> > testers into the testing procedure of new Core Updates and let you plan
> > some time for doing that.
> > 
> 

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