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> I would appreciate feedback on whether to incorporate my DSXT work into
> this release or not (it's currently available on the main trunk).
>
This will be needed at LANSCE.
> Jeff, can you comment on the status of 111, 179 and 216.
> 111
I updated entry 111. In summary, I'm not convinced that Ken's change will be
considered to be appropriate in all situations where CA is used. I will be
working the issue with Ken. A more complicated fix may be required.
This is only a problem for single threaded codes that did not follow our
original recommendation to call ca_poll regularly.
> 179
As the last entries there state, I committed the suggested patches but can't
test them because I don't have vxWorks 6.0.
> 216
I committed a fix, but can't test it because I don't have gcc 4.0 installed
here (it's not yet available from cygwin and my linux system isn't that
new).
> Features and Mantis fixes committed on or before November 4th
> Platform testing during the week of November 7th-11th
> Final release on November 14/15th.
Ok with me, but this presumes that the status of a decision regarding, and
or effort towards, a fix for 111 will not holdup the release.
Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Johnson [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 3:59 PM
> To: EPICS core-talk
> Subject: Release 3.14.8: What goes in it and when?
>
> We need to get a new release of 3.14 out soon; I'm getting pressured
> from more than one site, and there are enough R3.14.7 bugs already fixed
> to make this worthwhile. At this point I think a release date in
> mid-November is probably more important than what extra bug fixes or
> features we put into it.
>
> I am aware that in the short term Ralph will be far too busy with his
> paternal responsibilities to do his usual HP-UX fixes, so my suggestion
> is that 3.14.8 be announced as not supporting HP-UX, but we do a 3.14.9
> as soon as Ralph is able to perform the necessary HP-UX magic.
>
> Here's a list of features that I'm aware are pending or that could be
> added before this release:
>
> * Include Shifu Xu's real-time priority-based scheduling for Linux
> (Posix?) and make enabling this a site-configuration option.
> * Simulation Mode enhancements from Peter Denison (Diamond)
> * Device Support eXtension Table: hardware address changes at runtime
>
> In addition these are the entries in Mantis that we should look at:
>
> 54: makeBaseApp.pl -i should ask for app name, not just use IOC name
> Janet committed a fix for this, I'm revising it slightly.
>
> 111: non-preemptive clients disconnect if ca_poll() isnt called regularly
> APS has been running a Gateway with Ken Evans' fix for this
> problem for 6 months.
>
> 179: R3.14.7 does not build with vxWorks 6.0
> This looks like it's been fixed, just not marked as such.
>
> 184: On a powerPC IOC during iocInit, a crash may occur during calls to
> errlog functions
> This looks like it's been fixed, just not marked as such.
> Entries 182 and 188 may be duplicates of this.
> 182: strange behavior of outRoutine() in osdStdio.c associated with
> crash for PPC targets.
> 188: errlogPrintf for vxWorks cause crash
>
> 200: errlogPrintf shouldnt be called from the core routines used to
> implement it
>
> 216: Build fails with gcc 4 due to missing forward class declarartions
> Patch provided in report, should be a quick fix.
>
>
> Jeff, can you comment on the status of 111, 179 and 216.
> Marty, can you look at 182, 184 and 188 and comment.
>
> Have I missed anything?
>
> I would appreciate feedback on whether to incorporate my DSXT work into
> this release or not (it's currently available on the main trunk).
>
>
> Suggested Dates:
> Features and Mantis fixes committed on or before November 4th
> Platform testing during the week of November 7th-11th
> Final release on November 14/15th.
>
> If you have any issues with these dates please speak up.
>
> - Andrew
> --
> English probably arose from Normans trying to pick up Saxon girls.
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