Code freeze (was Re: 2.3.13 build)

[Geert Janssens]

On Tuesday 1 June 2010, Phil Longstaff wrote:
> 2.3.13 is *not* code freeze.  There will at least be a 2.3.14.  I think
>  2.3.13 gets everything working re fonts and webkit on Windows except for
>  the default font used by stylesheets.
> 
Ok.

I would like to update the release schedule to reflect this. What dates would 
make sense for 2.3.14 and 2.4.0 ? They don't have to be hard target dates but 
indications would be good.

Geert

>  Phil
> ---------
> I used to be a hypochondriac AND a kleptomaniac. So I took something for
>  it.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Geert Janssens <janssens-geert at telenet.be>
> To: gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
> Cc: Gnucash Devel <gnucash-devel at lists.gnucash.org>
> Sent: Tue, June 1, 2010 10:47:12 AM
> Subject: Re: 2.3.13 build
> 
> On Tuesday 1 June 2010, John Ralls wrote:
> > On Jun 1, 2010, at 6:55 AM, Tao Wang wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Geert Janssens <janssens-
> 
> geert at telenet.be>wrote:
> > >> On Monday 31 May 2010, Tao Wang wrote:
> > >>> I expected the patches of Bug 617797 and Bug 619709 can be applied
> > >>> before tag 2.3.13, but it seems not happened.
> > >>
> > >> Both patches would require someone to log in to the build server and
> > >> remove some build directories (gtk, goffice for your first patch and
> > >> inno-setup for
> > >> your second patch). If these directories aren't removed, your patches
> > >> will simply be ignored by the build system as the previous builds are
> > >> still around.
> > >>
> > >> I believe that at this moment Christian is the only dev that actively
> > >> commits
> > >> patches and has access to the build server as well.
> > >>
> > >> Derek has got access as well, so he could remove the directories on
> > >> request as
> > >> well, if asked nicely.
> > >
> > > I think 2.3.12 means 'code freeze', that is, my patches will not
> > > commited until 2.4.0 released. Is that correct?
> >
> > 2.3.12 started "string freeze", meaning that no changes or additions to
> >  translatable strings should be made until after 2.4 release. Phil has
> > not said whether 2.3.13 will begin code freeze, meaning that no
> > enhancement code should be committed, only bug fixes. (Some projects go
> > so far as to designate which bugs are to be fixed for a release and all
> > others are deferred.)
> >
> > Regards,
> > John Ralls
> >
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> I'd vote to postpone the code freeze one release.
> 
> There are several things I'd still like to get in:
> * both of Tao's patches improve the Windows experience considerably
> * copy/paste for mac would be an important improvement on that platform
> * I myself have been working hard the last few weeks to get the guile
> dependency updated to 1.8.x on Windows. I'm almost there, but it's been a
> bumpy road so far.
> * I still have to make some minor corrections in the area of the
>  enviromnent configuration file and running gnucash without a wrapper
>  script.
> 
> Geert
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