06:12 <borneoa_> abby: hi. Apparently you are using openocd v0.11.0 with a new version of jimtcl. Jimtcl has changed the syntax of command expr so old openocd scripts trigger the error. If I remember correctly openocd v0.11.0 requires jimtcl 0.79. to use new jimtcl you should update openocd to git master

06:13 <abby> hum ok

06:14 <borneoa_> abby: the error causes the script to fail and stop, so you can get problems with your setup

06:16 <borneoa_> abby: for my curiosity, how did you end up in such setup? Is it a standard installation that provided it?

06:16 <abby> on void, our jimtcl is 0.81

06:18 <abby> we updated to 0.80 in october 2020 and 0.81 in december 2021

06:30 <borneoa_> abby: So a problem in package dependencies in void Linux. Either revert jimtcl to 0.79 or build the git version of openocd

06:30 <abby> yep, I'll discuss it with the maintainer of jimtcl

06:34 <abby> how far off is the next openocd release, if you could guess?

09:15 <borneoa_> PaulFertser: should we push a deadline for rc1? I'm afraid we are too close to summer vacation and there could be low interest to test the rc's. Should we say rc1 at beginning or mid September so everyone is back?

09:15 <borneoa_> PaulFertser: or even check next rc for debian?

09:19 <borneoa_> PaulFertser: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases#Production_Releases

09:20 <borneoa_> PaulFertser: once every 2 years, so next would probably be in summer 2023. We need to be quite slow to miss it

09:55 <PaulFertser> borneoa_: I'm not sure what to suggest there. I think you should do as you please, I'll be happy to assist.

09:56 <PaulFertser> borneoa_: you currently have a much better idea of the community around the features that were introduced since the last release.

10:00 <borneoa_> PaulFertser: I think about sending out an alert on mailing list for rc1 scheduled early September, so developers have time to push in Gerrit some pending patch. Then code freeze and hopefully someone will have time for testing odd cases before the release

10:02 <PaulFertser> borneoa_: sounds good to me. Do you think there're many people who do not push to Gerrit as soon as they have something working?

10:04 <borneoa_> PaulFertser: don't know. Recently the rate of new patches has be much higher. Maybe something else is going to arrive soon

10:31 <PaulFertser> borneoa_: making releases more often would probably increase the amount of bug reports but also that would mean the code is getting wider testing sooner which might be beneficial.

10:44 <borneoa_> PaulFertser: true!