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From: Camm Maguire (camm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-05-21 09:51:57


Greetings!

Jeff Squyres <jsquyres_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Thu, 20 May 2004, Camm Maguire wrote:
>
> > 1) A user requested that .pofile not be sourced if it does not exist,
> > regardless of invocation options. Right now we have this small patch:
> >
> > --- lam-7.0.6.orig/share/ssi/boot/rsh/src/ssi_boot_rsh_inetexec.c
> > +++ lam-7.0.6/share/ssi/boot/rsh/src/ssi_boot_rsh_inetexec.c
> > [patch snipped]
>
> Excellent; we'll do this. Thanks!
>
> I'd prefer not to release 7.0.7 unless we really have to, though.
> We're really really really trying to get 7.1 out the door, and I'd
> prefer to only do 7.0.7 if there's a serious bugfix required. Since
> you're maintaining this patch in Debian for 7.0.6, would it be ok if
> we didn't issue a 7.0.7 for this? If so, I'll put this in both the
> SVN trunk and the 7.0 branch, and if we ever release 7.0.7, it'll be
> in there.
>

Please don't do a point release on my account -- your doing a great
job IMHO as is!

Take care,

> > 2) 'wipe' conflicts with a file erasing utility of the same name, so
> > we are maintaing the following patch:
>
> We had this conversation with the Mandrake folks a while ago as well.
> I don't really want to change the name "wipe" in mid-series (i.e., in
> 7.0.x).
>
> See the original thread from last year -- I outlined all my concerns
> with changing our "wipe" command name:
> http://www.lam-mpi.org/MailArchives/lam/msg06415.php
>
> The end result is that we have agreed to change this in 7.1, and make
> a sym link from "wipe" to "lamwipe" in this version for
> compatability. Eventually, we'll drop the name/sym link "wipe".
>
> > 3) A few manpage edits:
> >
> > * Moved manpage libmpi.3 -> libmpi.7 to match internal .TH designations
> > (lintian cleanup)
> > * Set section in manpage lamd.1 from 7 to 1 (lintian cleanup)
>
> Excellent catches -- thanks!
>
> (these will be in 7.1 and 7.0.7 [if 7.0.7 is ever released]).
>
> --
> {+} Jeff Squyres
> {+} jsquyres_at_[hidden]
> {+} http://www.lam-mpi.org/
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