From: Urabe Shyouhei <shyouhei@...>
Date: 2011-05-26T17:30:10+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:36487] Re: 1.8.7 release next month

Hi Luis,

(05/24/2011 07:27 AM), Luis Lavena wrote:
> 2011/5/23 Urabe Shyouhei <shyouhei@ruby-lang.org>:
>> Hello core people,
>>
>> As several patches are introduced to 1.8.7 I'd like to have a release.  I hope
>> that'd happen next month.  If you have any show-stoppers please let me know.
> 
> Hello,
> 
> At RubyInstaller project we are still attempting to get Tcl/Tk work
> properly under MinGW, which hasn't been an easy task.
> 
> We have a ticket open for 1.9.x:
> 
> http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/4141
> 
> We would like to be able to ship newer 1.8.7 with tcl/tk included, but
> for that we will require first fix trunk and then backport
> appropriately.
> 
> At this time I'm compiling and will run tests. Will let you know any
> show-stopper beyond the above mentioned.
> 
> Thank you.

I'm now designing a release schedule.  How long do you think will it
take for issue #4141 to be solved?  Like I said I want a release in June
so if it takes more than a month, I'm afraid I have to leave it.