From 045a520baf4a233c58167d2c2d3c5fb9cb18df5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Tue, 8 May 2018 16:37:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] devblog --- .../day_498__unexpected_release_prep.mdwn | 21 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/devblog/day_498__unexpected_release_prep.mdwn diff --git a/doc/devblog/day_498__unexpected_release_prep.mdwn b/doc/devblog/day_498__unexpected_release_prep.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8ceae0a808 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/devblog/day_498__unexpected_release_prep.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +I'm unexpectedly preparing for a release soon, because the last +release turned out to have a crasher bug when using a bare repository or +--all, and a bug that prevented the webapp starting on OSX. + +As well as fixing those, the new release will have +several smaller improvements and fixes all done today. It's been a rather +productive day. + +And, using git-annex in Termux is now working even on newer versions of +Android, that use seccomp filtering to filter out system calls that the ghc +runtime uses. The `proot` program on Termux worked around that nasty +problem. + +The old Android app is now deprecated, and I'll probably remove it entirely +within a few months unless I find a reason not to. +So, I also closed almost all the old Android-specific bug reports today. I +don't normally do mass bug closures without followup, but it was warranted +here; almost all of those bugs are specific to the old Android app. + +Today's work was sponsored by Trenton Cronholm on +[Patreon](https://patreon.com/joeyh)