Re: Proposed timeline for 1.3.0 release

Hi,

On 2024-01-21 15:46, m. allan noah wrote:
> Sounds good to me. I have attached an updated copy of doc/releases.md, 
> which contains some notes I made during the last release. There were a 
> number of missing or poorly documented steps.

OK, thanks I will look at that.

Cheers,
Ralph
>
> allan
>
> On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 2:34 PM Ralph Little <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>     So it looks like we will do a 1.3.0 release.
>     I propose a fairly quick timeline since there isn't a lot of
>     critical stuff waiting to go in it. The only thing that I am aware
>     of is the longstanding problem for macOS USB support and I think
>     we have a partial solution for that which should push them on.
>
>     Allan did the release last time, and perhaps I can go through the
>     process this time so that I am familiar. Are you OK with that Allan?
>
>     1) Code freeze: 1 week from now (28th January), I will create a
>     release branch and MRs targeted for the release should target that
>     branch. Anything else not intended for the release can still
>     target master. I will send out an email asking for translations
>     after regenerating po files. During this time, we will not
>     normally accept functional enhancements but exceptions will be
>     considered in an emergency or if it is very safe.
>
>     2) Release: 2 weeks later (11th February) we will cut the release.
>     I will also do a PPA release for our Ubuntu users.
>
>     Cheers,
>     Ralph
>
>
>
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