Re: [matplotlib-devel] re lease schedule for next version

[Benjamin R. <ben...@ou...>]

On Saturday, February 25, 2012, John Hunter wrote:

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> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Benjamin Root <ben...@ou...<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'ben...@ou...');>
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>> On Thursday, February 23, 2012, RuiDC wrote:
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>>> Hi,
>>> There's a number of bugs fixed that would be nice to have without running
>>> git versions.
>>> Is there a release schedule for the next version?
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>> There is not one in place right now.  In about a month, I will be
>> starting up my new job, which I hope will allow me to devote more time and
>> effort to this project.  There are a number of features I have in mind to
>> get added and there are many pull requests that needs evaluating.
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>> Even if you are not a developer, members of this community can still help
>> us out by trying out pull requests and letting us know if it works for them.
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> I would be interested in accelerating the schedule.  Since this is a
> bug-fix release and not a major release, we can presume the tree is pretty
> stable.  How about we aim for an release candidate rc1 the week after next?
>  Are there any issues or pull requests that should hold the release?  If
> so, let's tag them with release-critical.
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> After we get the bugfix out I'd like to gear up for a major python3
> release.
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The QT4 event handling bugs needs a qt expert on them. I tried looking into
them and there is no obvious reason to me why they aren't working.

I would be amendable to a bug-fix release soon to hold everybody over for
the next major release.

Ben Root