Re: Start 6.1 release process

[John W. Eaton]

On 2/17/20 3:17 PM, Rik wrote:

> Thanks for the series of changesets.  Do we need to update API_VERSION in
> configure.ac as well?  I'm wondering after looking at "Versioning Hints" at
> the bottom of https://wiki.octave.org/6.1_Release_Checklist.  Maybe also
> the library version numbers?

Is the following the correct thing to do?

  * on stable, update to api-v54

  * on default update to api-54+

  * on stable, just before release, update library versions, merge 
stable to default

If so, I can do that.

Also, after

  changeset:   28087:5e79401cbc35
  branch:      stable
  parent:      28085:a3b40e48c069
  user:        Rik <address@hidden>
  date:        Mon Feb 17 12:31:16 2020 -0800
  summary:     Set default "paperposition" property to correct value 
(bug #57651)

I'm seeing three test failures in orient.m and I'm not sure what the 
correct fix is.

jwe