[squid-dev] RFC Squid-4/5 branching

[Amos Jeffries]

On 7/09/2015 7:31 a.m., Alex Rousskov wrote:
> On 09/05/2015 01:39 PM, Amos Jeffries wrote:
>> This cycle we have been fortunate enough not to have a long list of
>> trunk bugs needing fixes.
> 
> From my point of view, this cycle is one of the worst I have seen. We
> have spent so much time triaging and fixing v3.5/trunk bugs that had
> almost no resources left for new features and improvements planned for
> v4.0 (including but not limited to bug #7 fix and cache performance
> work). This may partially explain why the "new features" list for v4.0
> on wiki does not have much to brag about.
> 
> Glad your experience was different!

My experience has been much the same. My 'take away' though is very
different: at last we are *keeping up* with the bug reports. :-) Thank You!

Normal for this time of year would be way behind and starting the branch
notice with bug triage lists. Right now we are about even on the
reported vs fixed in bugzilla. With _none_ needing triage :-)

Theres always a silver lining. You just have to notice it.

> 
>> So what new-feature projects do people have underway that they really,
>> really want to see included in Squid-4 and think thay can get done in
>> that kind of timeline?
> 
> I need to port the already posted HTTP request line parser to trunk,
> adjusting its character sets as agreed.

Nod. I'm counting that as stability for existing feature though. So it
can happen any time over the betas. Earlier would be better of course.

> Factory also has about a dozen
> almost-ready fixes and improvements that should probably be in v4.0, but
> you can port them as they get polished and posted.

If they dont affect UI, no problem there.

If they do I would like a rough ballpark ETA on at least when they can
start audit.


>> My list to kick things off is:
>>
>> * Parser-NG ICAP conversions - ETA now
> 
> FWIW, I had no time to look at it, but hope to do that within two-three
> days.
> 

Thank you. It is one with no UI relevance, so take your time. It can be
in a later beta.


Amos