[GRASS-dev] [release planning] GRASS GIS 8.3.0

[Markus Neteler]

Hi Vero, all,

On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 7:19 PM Veronica Andreo <veroandreo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Markus,
>
> El vie, 17 feb 2023 a las 15:25, Markus Neteler (<neteler at osgeo.org>) escribió:
>>
>> Hi devs,
>>
>> After a long time of development and many, many improvements, it is
>> time to release 8.3.0.
>>
>> Version scheme update: please note that we abandon the odd/even scheme
>> and go for semantic versioning, i.e. 8.3.x comes after the 8.2.x
>> series. See also the related RFC: Version Numbering
>> (https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/2357).
>
>
> Just wondering.. Should we adopt an RFC that has not yet been merged nor approved via motion? There's a list of tasks in the PR that still seems incomplete and I see that Vashek moved the milestone of the RFC to 8.4...

Not sure why a RFC should be related to a release milestone?

> I'm not trying to delay the release -either it is called 8.3 or 8.4, it is overdue-

Overdue, yes.

> but IMO we need to agree on the RFC, no? Shall I prepare a motion and we approve a version 1 of the Version Numbering RFC?

Yes, let's get this RFC approved and then follow our plan.

thanks
Markus