3.17.2 release tracking

[maiste]

Preparation

• need backport:
  • fix: package management working with ocaml.5.3.0 #11310
  • Wasm_of_ocaml: fix the execution of tests in a sandbox #11304
• backports:
  • backport #11310: fix: package management working with ocaml.5.3.0 #11365
  • [3.17] backport #11304 - Wasm_of_ocaml: fix the execution of tests in a sandbox #11367

Release

• prepare
• release 3.17.2 on opam
• triage

Post-release

• upgrade version in nix-overlay
• merge changelog in main
• add an entry in ocaml.org data/changelog/dune
• make a post on discuss

[anmonteiro]

Would love to get some Melange fixes in:

• fix(melange): use output of virtual library when compiling its source  #11248
• fix(melange): pass melange.emit's compile_flags to js emission #11252
• fix(melange): disallow private implementations of public virtual libs  #11253

[maiste]

@anmonteiro are they considered to be critical fixes? I'm asking because we try to limit the number of backported items in patch release and have a more regular minor release cycles (~3 months, but that needs to be clarified during next Dev Meeting). The next one (3.18) would be in March. If some of them are critical, can I ask you to backport them in a PR to the 3.17 branch?

[maiste]

@vouillon @hhugo could I ask you to do the backport of #11304 on the 3.17 branch (with a PR that cherry-pick the commit) and ensuring it works as expected?

[anmonteiro]

@anmonteiro are they considered to be critical fixes? I'm asking because we try to limit the number of backported items in patch release and have a more regular minor release cycles (~3 months, but that needs to be clarified during next Dev Meeting). The next one (3.18) would be in March. If some of them are critical, can I ask you to backport them in a PR to the 3.17 branch?

I guess they're not critical since melange support is still considered experimental in Dune, but users are waiting for them.

[maiste]

I guess they're not critical since melange support is still considered experimental in Dune, but users are waiting for them.

OK, this is your call here, as I don't have enough knowledge about the melange part of Dune. If you think they are required, can I ask you to create the backport PRs on the targeting the 3.17 branch?