Re: 5.9.1 release missing history bugfix

[Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg+zsh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey dana

Thanks for your reply. A few weeks have passed since,
so I wanted to check in again to see if you’d be up for
cutting 5.9.2 with the data loss bug fix?

Thanks in advance


On Mon, 1 Jun 2026 at 18:20, dana <dana@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon 1 Jun 2026, at 10:37, Michael Stapelberg wrote:
> > Unfortunately, the fix for the history clobbering problem:
> > https://zsh.org/mla/workers/2025/msg00114.html
> > …does not seem to be included.
>
> there are going to be a few fixes like that that aren't in 5.9.1 because
> i had to manually pick through 4 years of commits and some were either
> rejected for being too risky/complicated or just overlooked. in this
> case probably the latter, sorry
>
> On Mon 1 Jun 2026, at 10:37, Michael Stapelberg wrote:
> > but would it be possible to get a 5.9.2 out the door with this fix included?
>
> idk. ideally we would try to move 5.10 forward instead. but i'm not sure
> how close it is exactly. philippe has a bunch of out-standing patches
> that haven't been reviewed at all yet i think
>
> at the very least let's give 5.9.1 a week or two to settle. i would be
> more inclined to do a follow-up if there are regressions
>
> dana



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Best regards,
Michael