[GRASS-dev] [GRASS-SVN] r56622 - grass/branches/develbranch_6/mswindows

[Markus Neteler]

On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Hamish <hamish_b at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > Author: hamish
>> > Date: 2013-06-05 19:09:55 -0700 (Wed, 05 Jun 2013)
>> > New Revision: 56622
>> > Modified: grass/branches/develbranch_6/mswindows/env.bat
>> > Log:
>> > default to explictly using GRASS's bundled python.exe
>> > to avoid startup breakage
>
> Markus N wrote:
>> let's backport to relbranch64 immediately. Otherwise it is
>> hard to test if if also works there. Please let us not delay
>> things forever.
>
> the change was checked in a couple hours before the nightly build
> rolled around. The plan was to wait for that, try it, then
> backport. Total turn around time <12 hours.
>
> I don't believe in backporting something* to the stable branch
> that I haven't already tried in situ.

If it works for you, it does not necessarily work for others.
We need to widen up the tests and as observed, the devgrass6
branch isn't widely used.

> The closer to a deadline the stricter I'd be about that.  (* aka sign off on)

We are past the deadline. And we will have to create a RC4 due to
heavy changes done *after* RC3.
Please keep in mind that we will have 6.4.4, too.


regards,

Markus