Re: Start 6.1 release process

[Rik]

On 02/17/2020 01:48 PM, John W. Eaton wrote:
> 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.

Looks right to me.

>
> 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.
>

Running 'test orient' by itself doesn't fail for me.  I'll try running
'make check' and see if it is due to prior initialization.

--Rik