[flashrom] flashrom 0.9.1 soon

Luc Verhaegen libv at skynet.be
Wed Aug 12 10:33:19 CEST 2009


On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 03:13:34AM +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to tag flashrom 0.9.1 soon.
> Preliminary release announcement is here:
> http://www.coreboot.org/Flashrom/0.9.1
> The release announcement will be transferred to flashrom.org at the time
> of release.
> 
> Patches I'd like to have in 0.9.1:
> 
> Acked with modifications, commit needed:
> - fix MSR code in flashrom
> 
> Ack needed:
> - Use correct programmer fallback functions
> - Improve error messages, protect the user
> 
> TODO:
> - Don't list programmers which weren't compiled in. This means #if
> inside the usage message and in a lot of other places. Makefile tweaking
> needed as well.
> - Don't error out if chipset initialization returned with a warning.
> - Document serprog usage in the man page.
> - Loads of testing.
> 
> I hope to get the pending patches listed above committed tomorrow, then
> tag 0.9.1-rc1 to give packagers a base to work with and test.
> 
> No new features will be merged between 0.9.1-rc1 and 0.9.1. (I do have
> one neat new SPI bitbang feature pending, but that one has to wait as
> well.) I'd rather get 0.9.1 out before the Opensuse package update
> deadline. That means we also make the Ubuntu Karmic deadline.
> 
> Thoughts? Comments?
> 
> Regards,
> Carl-Daniel

What about board enables, do they always go in, even after rc?

My view on this is that they have no impact on other-than-the-matched 
boards, and therefor are very safe last minute changes.

Luc Verhaegen.




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