[syslinux] Dedicated pre-release? WAS: [PATCH 0/1] update gnuefi to f64cef26

[Patrick Masotta]

>>>
 I have seen
 very-generic suggestions stating that a certain issue with
 
 Syslinux might, perhaps, be attributed to
 using an outdated gnu-efi 
 submodule when
 building Syslinux. Since the release of version 6.03, I 
 have not seen any specific indication of any
 specific issue that could 
 be attributed to
 an old gnu-efi code by itself.
 
 That is not to say that the submodule should be
 kept outdated. It 
 should certainly be
 updated. BTW, the "subject" of the prior email,
 
 corresponding to the original patch as it
 was sent, is already 
 outdated.
 
 With regards to deserving a
 pre-release, what about the rest of the 
 pending-for-review patches?
 
 What would be the point of a pre-release, when
 there are important 
 maintenance patches not
 yet merged (or not even reviewed)?
 
 Considering that some relevant known issues are
 still present, and that 
 there are pending
 patches with the potential of resolving some of them, 
 why a beta-tester would invest time on a
 pre-release?
 
 I hope that
 the other pending-for-review patches would be actually 
 reviewed. Whether they are "perfectly %100
 correct and ready for 
 merging as-is",
 or not so much, I hope that the issues that the pending 
 patches are trying to improve would be actually
 improved. I hope, 
 sooner rather than later.
 Then, a pre-release would be worth, IMHO.
 
 In the mean time, having
 public access to official repositories with 
 the commits already merged since v.6.03 might
 be helpful for some 
 developers trying to
 collaborate with The Syslinux Project (and to some 
 users / testers too). I don't know whether
 publishing a pre-release is 
 simpler than
 (or independent of) providing public access to an updated
 
 official git repository.
 
 Regards,
 Ady.
 <<<

I agree. 
Since March 13 I've upgraded to gnu-efi 3.0.1 without noticing any important change.

Best,
Patrick