[llvm-dev] [Release-testers] 12.0.1-rc1 release has been tagged

[Tom Stellard via llvm-dev]

On 6/2/21 2:40 AM, Michał Górny wrote:
> On Tue, 2021-06-01 at 10:03 -0700, Tom Stellard wrote:
>> On 5/28/21 1:45 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2021-05-26 at 00:15 -0700, Tom Stellard via Release-testers
>>> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I've tagged the 12.0.1-rc1 release.  Testers may upload binaries and report results.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I've started testing, hit two bugs I've already reported for 12.0.0 RCs
>>> and figured out I'm wasting my time.  It seems that LLVM reached
>>> the point where releases are pushed through just for the sake of
>>> releases and QA doesn't exist.
>>>
>>
>> Which bugs are these?
>>
> 
> The three I've hit immediately are:
> 
> https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48918
> https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48937
> https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48939
> 
> Just to be clear, I'm not blaming you.  But the whole release testing
> process is just getting more and more frustrating.
> 

If you have suggestion for improvements, I would be interested in hearing
those.  The main problem that I see is that there needs to be a developer
interested in fixing a bug for it to get fixed.  We (as a community) can do
more to help make developers aware of bugs (I'm hoping that moving to
GitHub issues will make this easier), but I don't know of a good way to
incentive developers to work on specific issues when it doesn't fit
into their normal day-to-day responsibilities.

-Tom