Re: bug fixes for R3.14.8.2

[Andrew Johnson <anj@aps.anl.gov>]

Hi Geoff,

Geoff Savage wrote:
> How do I determine which patches I need for R3.14.8.2?
> 1. Look in the known problems for R3.14.8.2 and apply the patches there.

Yup, and also check the later Known Problems pages just in case.  The 
patches mentioned may not all be necessary depending on what features 
you actually use, but I to try and keep the Known Problems list *for the 
latest release* up to date with all of the essential bug fixes that 
apply to that release.  If you're using an older release there may be 
issues described in the newer Known Problems pages so you should look at 
them too â the applicability of a patch is usually discussed when the 
problem it fixes is known to exist in earlier versions too.

> 2. How do I determine which Mantis entries apply to this base release?
> Andrew Johnson gave a talk at DESY which seemed to say that mantis 
> entries 282 and 288 are essential.

I was talking about R3.14.9 when I mentioned those particular entries, 
they do not apply to R3.14.8.2 (#282 specifically says so, and I'm 
fairly sure this is true of #288 as well since Jeff had been working in 
that area for the 3.14.9 release).  You can look for particular entries 
that mention 3.14.8.2 using the search facility on the Mantis "View 
Bugs" page; make sure you have the "Hide Closed" check-box un-checked. 
This won't necessarily tell you that later entries don't also apply too 
though; unfortunately that's not an easy problem to solve without making 
extra work for the already stretched maintainers, but that's why I try 
to keep that information in the Known Problems pages.

- Andrew
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