Maintaining Perl (Tony Cook) May 2023
Mon, 28-Aug-2023 by
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Tony writes:
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[Hours] [Activity]
2023/05/01 Monday
0.40 github notifications
0.27 #21051 check it matches the commits in blead and close
0.45 #21061 review and approve (after brain failing a bit on
the incomplete struct)
0.22 #21053 review, comment and approve
0.07 #21042 comment
0.12 #21063 review and approve, comment
0.52 #21044 write test and create reversion branch, push for CI
0.82 #17398 resolve inf/nan, work on XS
0.07 #21044 review CI results and make PR 21064
=====
2.94
2023/05/02 Tuesday
1.92 #20373 look at smoke-me/khw-env, testing, comments
3.02 #17398 work on XS version, side-trip into EU::ParseXS bug
=====
4.94
2023/05/03 Wednesday
0.22 #21065 review and approve
0.08 #21066 review and approve
0.37 #21070 review discussion, research and comment
2.10 #17398 tests for sv_created_as_*, testing, work on
updating dumper tests
0.80 #17398 work on tests, consider re-work
=====
3.57
2023/05/04 Thursday
2.07 look into smoke failures: clang-16++ build failure,
reproduce, testing, open #21073, follow-up comment
2.05 look into smoke failures: croak.t failure with clang-16,
try to reproduce on Debian and fail
=====
4.12
2023/05/05 Friday
1.57 look into smoke failures: reproduce on Fedora, seems to be
a leak and an exit handling problem
=====
1.57
2023/05/08 Monday
0.72 #21073 research, testing, comment
0.63 #21009 review some more, make PR for re-work of
“readline() no longer clears error flag”
0.27 look into smoke failures: croak.t failure with clang-16:
comment on #20812
0.62 look into smoke failures:dragonfly bsd cpan/IO-Socket-
IP/t/16v6only.t: fail to reproduce on existing VM, setup
6.4
0.75 look into smoke failures:dragonfly bsd cpan/IO-Socket-
IP/t/16v6only.t: finish setup 6.4 and successfully
reproduce, report upstream
0.80 look into smoke failures: aarch64 regen.t failure: fail to
reproduce on Oracle cloud free VM, look for a Pi, can’t
reproduce on Pi4
0.17 look into smoke failures: MSWin32 gcc regen.t failure:
fail to reproduce
1.48 look into smoke failures: AIX, reproduced several failures
=====
5.44
2023/05/09 Tuesday
0.12 github notifications
0.40 clean up an EU::PXS fix and make PR #21082
1.22 look into smoke failures: AIX, review coverity scan
results while AIX builds/tests
1.53 look into smoke failures: AIX, review coverity scan
results while AIX builds/tests
0.43 look into smoke failures: Solaris/Joyent smart os
(checking on openindiana), fail to reproduce (old image,
can’t upgrade), start downloading a new OI iso
=====
3.70
2023/05/10 Wednesday
0.47 look into smoke failures: darwin x86: review logs, email
George asking for some diagnostics
0.42 look into smoke failures: darwin ppc: review logs, looks
like some sort of threads only locale issue, no Mac to
debug on, asked khw about it
1.50 look into smoke failures: Solaris/Joyent smart os: setup
new openindiana (but mostly working on a Coverity fix)
1.07 look into smoke failures: Solaris/Joyent smart os: test on
new openindiana (and work on Coverity fix), reproduce
failure
0.55 more Coverity (PerlIO::via) check threaded build, PR 21084
0.57 #20812 try to understand what’s going on
=====
4.58
2023/05/11 Thursday
0.40 smoke failures followup, research
1.38 work on AIX skip for precision test, testing, push and
make PR 21085
0.83 AIX locale testing and research, work on another skip for
the locale issues
=====
2.61
2023/05/12 Friday
0.98 AIX work on locale skips, testing
0.82 AIX, research, re-work failing warning test, start test
run
=====
1.80
2023/05/15 Monday
0.48 github notifications
1.15 #21090 review patch, look at other C++ build failures on
MSVC
2.37 #21090 more look at other C++ build failures on MSVC, push
for CI, draft PR
0.35 smoke failures: look at George’s reply, follow-up to
George and to the list
0.47 AIX clean up, push for CI
=====
4.82
2023/05/16 Tuesday
0.68 github notifications
0.60 #21073 comment
0.67 AIX: look into CI failures and fix, push for more CI
0.22 AIX: look at new CI and make PR 21098
0.10 #21092 review and approve
0.18 re-check suggested perldelta readline docs, make some
fixes and force push
0.98 #21095 extend PR
=====
3.43
2023/05/17 Wednesday
0.35 github notifications, apply #21098
0.25 #21085 apply to blead
1.75 #20812 look at a possible fix
2.48 #20812 debugging
=====
4.83
2023/05/18 Thursday
2.63 #21073 testing on old MSVC, minor re-work
1.72 #21073 fix register problem, fix warning about extern “C”
extern “C”’, testing
=====
4.35
2023/05/22 Monday
0.53 review new 5.38 release branch
0.33 rjbs’s libperl.t problem: ask for more information
2.58 #21073 versions numbers and tickets, Digest::MD5,
MIME::Base64, Time::Piece, Compress::Raw::Bzip2,
Compress::Raw::Zlib
1.20 #20812 debugging
=====
4.64
2023/05/23 Tuesday
0.82 #20812 debugging
0.13 #20812 comment
0.85 review data checking discussion
=====
1.80
2023/05/24 Wednesday
1.10 look into smoke failures: porting regen, try to reproduce
on Pi, review log, email George asking for some
diagnostics
0.65 look into non-g++ C++ builds due to deprecating of using
g++ to compile .c as C++, make PR21118
1.13 #21117 review file from Craig, testing, fix and push for
CI,
1.90 #21105 debugging, look over cachegrind changes, work on a
fix, testing, push for CI, testing with older valgrind,
open PR 21121
=====
4.78
2023/05/25 Thursday
0.42 github notifications
1.80 look into smoke failures: work up a patch for ipv6only
dflybsd failure, post simple patch to cpan ticket, work on
core fix, testing
0.10 #21124 review and approve
0.72 #21117 work on matching more of the noise
=====
3.04
2023/05/29 Monday
1.73 #21117 skip some more of the noise, push for CI/review
0.53 #20812 consider a possible fix
1.38 #21129 debugging, research
=====
3.64
2023/05/30 Tuesday
0.65 #21129 testing reproduced under different conditions
1.07 smoke failures: another AIX failure, reproduce, debugging
=====
1.72
2023/05/31 Wednesday
2.58 smoke failures, AIX io/open.t with stdio, debugging, open
#21131
1.38 #21102 testing, research and long comment
1.58 #21109 diagnose the CPAN failure reported, fix the
prototype and make PR 21132
=====
5.54
Which I calculate is 77.86 hours.
Approximately 27 tickets were reviewed or worked on, and 1 patches
were applied.
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