1.6 home straight

[Mark Hammond]

>  * I believe there is a Windows-specific fix (?) which does not have
> 1.6 in the subject but wants to be merged across.

I've got 3 changes I'd like to see in 1.6 for the sake of Windows:

* One has already been merged to bzr.dev and primarily relates to the test
suite:
http://bundlebuggy.aaronbentley.com/project/bzr/request/%3C019401c8fc2c%2421
18e7a0%24634ab6e0%24%40com.au%3E

* The second hasn't been reviewed yet, but should be low-risk, and mainly
involves adding 'finally:' clauses to close files and remove locks for the
test suite's sake:
http://bundlebuggy.aaronbentley.com/project/bzr/request/%3C01f501c8fc82%24b3
86c0c0%241a944240%24%40com.au%3E

* The last relates to os.listdir() error handling and isn't being tracked by
bundle-buggy, but is on the mailing list under the subjects '[RFC] detecting
"file not found" and "directory not found" exceptions on Windows' and also
'[MERGE] Fix a regression on Windows which doesn't allow listing the empty
list of files in a file'


> John has kindly offered to take over as
> release manager for 1.6 and also to run 1.7.  I hope that we (and when
> I say we I mean you :-) can merge just the most necessary fixes for
> 1.6, get it out, and then get back on a regular schedule.

If we are trying to be *really* conservative, I'd say only the last is
critical - the first 2 mainly involve getting more tests passing under
Windows (but the test suite sends a fairly strong message to people, so I'd
really like to see all 3 in...)

Cheers,

Mark