[Qgis-developer] [Qgis-user] 0.9.1 Release plans

[Otto Dassau]

Hi, 

I will check and write what I think needs to be updated in the user guide and
write to the list the next days for coordination. 

I will also inform the GUI translators on the docs mailing list so they can
update the .ts files before next wednesday.

 Regards,
  Otto

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:56:58 -0200
"Tim Sutton" <tim at linfiniti.com> wrote:

> Hi All
> 
> December is coming up fast and our bug triage has been quite a success
> with over 52 bugs squashed, many small patches and enhancements
> applied and a general focus on getting rid of bit-rot. Many thanks to
> the people listed here for the great contribution they have made to
> the bug fixing spree:
> 
> https://svn.qgis.org/trac/wiki/BugTriage0.9.1
> 
> We are aiming to release 0.9.1 on December 10. Things were a little
> bit chaotic  in our last 0.9. release because we were still figuring
> out how to get packages made using cmake after the code was tagged.
> I'd like to make things a little smoother this time since we have all
> the packaging stuff in place now. So I propose the following timeline
> for the release:
> 
> ----------------------------
> 
> Saturday 1 December:
> 
> * String freeze in trunk. No more patches or updates should be made to
> any UI or tr() strings.
> 
> Saturday 1 December -> Wed December 5
> 
>  * Packagers make test packages for all platforms and commit any
> packaging related
>    changes to SVN. Please note the GRASS folks have requested we use:
> 
>   http://grass.itc.it/grass63/source/grass-6.3.0RC2.tar.gz
> 
>   For platforms where we are bundling grass together with QGIS (Win
> and Mac really). Markus
>   to advise if there is any change in the above advisory.
> 
>  * UI Translators update any small string changes that have arrived in
>    SVN Trunk over the last month.
> 
> Wed December 6 - Tag Release
> 
>  * Tag release as 0.9.1 in SVN.
>  * Create source tarball
>  * Send out request for final packages
> 
> Wed 10 December - Press annoucements and publicity
> 
> Notes:
> ---------------------
> 
> Otto - do we need to do any coordination for the users manuals?
>
> After 0.9.1 is tagged work can continue in trunk. Please note that
> unlike how some other projects work, we are using trunk for
> stabilisation. This means beyond bug fixing, any new features
> committed to trunk should first be approved by the PSC. If you want to
> work on some new features, you should do so in a branch - contact us
> if you feel the need for a new branch.
> 
> We will aim to do folllow up 0.9.2 (or 0.10.0 release number to be
> decided by PSC) release with possible merges of raster transparency
> branch, advanced editing branch and diagramming branches early in the
> new year. If you would like to see these features incorporated into
> trunk, please test them and report bugs!
> 
> Test packages for the above branches have been making their way into:
> 
> http://qgis.org/uploadfiles/testbuilds/
> 
> Many thanks for all your help in reporting and squashing bugs. The bug
> triage idea will be repeated after the next round of features get
> released. I'm hoping with a few more bug triages we can get rid of all
> the minor annoyances and land up with a core list of issues only in
> the bug queue.
> 
> Best regards
>