[LMMS-devel] Roadmap to 1.2

[Tres F. <tre...@gm...>]

There have been some rumblings of "when will 1.2 be released?"

This is a valid question as our initial goal -- to have Zyn 2.5 ready for
the 1.2 -- release put us behind a bit more than expected and has allowed
some new features to make it in (good, bad or indifferent).

The short answer is:  We can release 1.2 anytime and now is a good time to
start the release candidate process.

*So what's needed to get us to an R.C. build?*


   - We have 24 pull requests that need to be decided if they go in prior
   to 1.2 or in the next release.
   - We have 29 bug reports tagged "1.2" that need to be decided if they in
   prior to 1.2 or in the next release.
   - Once ~53 items are decided, we need to merge forward any 1.1. bugfixes
   to master that never made it in.
   - Once merged/fixed/decided, we need to branch master into a stable-1.2
   branch
      - master will continue to receive new features
      - stable-1.2 will only receive bug-fixes
   - We release a 1.2 release candidate.  We back-version these.  The
   version will be:
      - RC1 - 1.1.90
      - RC2 - 1.1.91
      - RC3 - 1.1.92
      - RC4 - 1.1.93

      - *Note:  *For those using pre-packaged versions (Windows, Apple) to
      help report bugs, the downloads will appear on our downloads page as
      prerelease versions (the download buttons will be yellow rather
than blue).

      - *Note:  *For those not using pre-packaged versions (Linux, BSD)
      you'll need to compile the stable-1.2 branch by hand.
   - Once we're at a time where 1.2 is stable enough for a release, we
   publish to Facebook, Google+ and our front page.

*How can you help?*

   - A good starting point is to help make decisions on the pull requests
   and bug reports by reading them.
   - Help find bug reports that need to be marked as 1.2 but haven't yet.
   Don't have access to tag a bug?  Just comment and an admin will do it for.
   - We don't have much promotionally for the 1.2 release yet.  Here's a
   list of features
   <https://github.com/tresf/lmms/wiki/1.2-features-(snapshot-from-Sept-13,-2015)>,
   if you have the capacity to make some propaganda.


-Tres


- Tre...@gm...