Maintaining Perl 5 (Tony Cook): July 2021
Tue, 31-Aug-2021 by
Jason A. Crome
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Tony reports his July progress on maintaining Perl 5 core:
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Approximately 23 tickets were reviewed, and 1 patches were
applied
[Hours] [Activity]
19.37 #1420 working on a fix
#1420 accessor for the split up last_in_*, start replacing
accesses
#1420 testing, fix some bugs, need more tests
#1420 more tests, debugging ${^LAST_FH} problem
#1420 more debugging, fixes, more tests
#1420 code review, fix one problem, try to refactor a bit,
debugging
#1420 debugging intermittent failures
#1420 try to reproduce crashes
#1420 reproduce in test, try to reproduce independently,
stopped failing
#1420 add debugging code and see the problem, attempts to
fix and testing
#1420 debugging
#1420 more debugging, track down a related bug
0.53 #18643 re-test and apply to blead, update perldelta
2.27 #18734 review and comment
#18734 zoom testing session (debugger had problems)
#18734 research, follow-up comment
0.58 #18746 review, research and comment
0.32 #18820 review, briefly comment
6.66 #18837 configuration, work on the pp_stat code
#18837 more pp_stat
#18837 recheck, testing
#18837 fix some config issues, testing, push for CI
#18837 review CI results and push a fix
#18837 review CI results and open pr #19005
1.10 #18882 review, testing and comment
0.43 #18948 review
4.55 #18953 setup test environment
#18953 fail to reproduce, try setting up a different test
environment
#18953 more try to reproduce
#18953 more fail to reproduce, review code and query
0.52 #18955 review, research and comment
0.75 #18968 edits, testing sample code, update PR
1.23 #18973 review code, testing on FreeBSD
0.67 #18980 comment, some research
1.97 #18984 review suggested change, review code, test an
alternative change and make #18984
0.22 #18995 briefly comment
0.28 #19005 fix some review issues
1.32 comment security list
2.05 feature.pm feature test API
0.27 feature.pm feature test API, make PR
0.90 list catch up
list catch up
1.52 list catchup, comment on security discussion
2.52 more feature.pm, testing, documentation, look at
optimizing to use bundles where possible
0.50 research interpreter cloning
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50.53 hours total
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