Re: [AD] 4.1.12 WIP release plan

[Angelo Mottola <a.mottola@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>>> with all due respect, can one persons desire to include blending edge
>>> hacks that have not even been tested hold back a release for the rest of
>>> us. on an OS that is (at a guess) only used by a minority of allegro
>>> users. and for a version of OS not even installed yet !
>> 
>> I didn't realize that WIP releases were that much anticipated :-)

Me neither. Usually the WIP release date is always postponed by
someone/something of a few days, and it has never been a problem before...
Just don't worry, we're not talking about more weeks, just days!

>> More seriously, I recently made a change (shifting the key modifiers) that
>> might have an impact under MacOS X I have not fully evaluated. So I think it
>> is fair to let Angelo cope with it.

In my latests tests it seems everything is ok on that issue.

> ok, there are pending tests to be done, then it should be held until they
> are done.
> from Angelo's comments it seemed like it would be held back for additions
> that were very much untested or even unwritten!

There are 2 new drivers I wrote sometime ago (that are already in CVS) that
work correctly under OS version 10.2, but I'm almost sure they'll not
compile under 10.1.
IMHO it is not fair to release a WIP (which is an official release) which
doesn't compile on 10.1, as this was supported in WIP 4.1.11.
I've tried to reach someone with 10.1.x on idevgames.com forums and via IRC,
but failed so far; seems like noone is still using it, or noone with it is
really interested in Allegro. If I can't find one within a few days, I'm
tempted to say "let's drop 10.1.x support"; there are already other hacks to
let Allegro compile under 10.1, and removing them would even clean the
source >:)

>>> angelo, as your will be working from CVS (i presume)  or your own copy of
>>> allegro for your OSX hacking, delaying the release for the rest of us is a
>>> little self indulgent.

Again, I didn't know there was so much anticipation surrounding WIP
4.1.12... But IMO the OSX issue is a thing to solve before releasing an
official version, as it would have been if a similar problem occurred to any
other officially supported platform.

-- 
Angelo Mottola
a.mottola@xxxxxxxxxx