[ANNOUNCE] makedumpfile: Postpone the release of 1.5.1

[Atsushi Kumagai]

Hello,

On Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:37:27 +0900
Atsushi Kumagai <kumagai-atsushi at mxc.nes.nec.co.jp> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> > If there is no problem, I will release v1.5.1 GA on Nov 28.
> 
> I did regression test for v1.5.1 in the last weekend and found some bugs.
> So the release date will be delayed by few weeks, sorry.
> 
> However, I don't think there are big issues for almost all users, because:
>  
>   - #1 doesn't happen unless users specify -x option, and it's unnecessary
>     for these kernels.
>   - As for #2, I think there are few users.
> 
> So, I think v1.5.1-rc is enough for almost all users.
> 
> BUGS:
> 
>   #1. Fail to exclude free pages with page_is_buddy_v2() in some cases.
>       I mentioned this issue in the post below:
> 
>         http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2012-November/007404.html
> 
>       Related kernel: v2.6.27 to v2.6.37
> 
>   #2. Fail to exclude free pages with page_is_buddy_v1() in some cases.
>       I'm investigating this issue now.
> 
>       Related kernel: v2.6.15 to v2.6.17

I've fixed the bugs above, I will release v1.5.1 GA on Dec 6.


Thanks
Atsushi Kumagai

> 
> 
> Thanks
> Atsushi Kumagai
> 
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