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> From: sfeam <sf...@us...>
> To: gnu...@li...
> Cc:
> Date: 2017/5/13, Sat 13:15
> Subject: Time to think of version 5.2?
>
> All opinions welcome!
>
> It has been 3 years since the initial release candidate for version 5.0
> (5.0-rc1 May 2014)
>
> I am thinking that it's about time to split off a branch of the current
> development
> source tree that will become version 5.2. The development tree itself will
> then
> be renumbered from 5.1 to 5.3.
>
> This would not by itself mean that we are ready to put out a 5.2-rc1 for
> testing,
> but it does mean that after the split new patches applied to the
> development branch would not automatically also affect the stable branch 5.2.
> For that reason I don't want to make the split if there are a bunch of
> patches
> likely to arrive soon or fixes that will be needed for both the stable and
> development
> branches.
>
> So I'm asking.
>
> - Are there any outstanding issues that should be fixed before an initial
> testing version of 5.2?
>
> - I know that Bastian has been gradually converting the Windows code from
> GDI/GDI+ to a newer DirectWrite API. Is this in a reasonable state or is there
> more work coming that should go in before branching off 5.2?
>
> - Are there any other arguments for or against starting a 5.2-stable branch?
>
> Regardless of timing of a 5.2 branch I expect that there will be a release
> 5.0.7 in Sep/Oct of 2017.
>
>
> Ethan
Great! I completely agree with your proposal.
Tatsuro
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