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

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

On Saturday, February 25, 2012, Eric Firing wrote:

> On 02/25/2012 08:34 AM, Benjamin Root wrote:
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> > 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:;>
> >     <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'ben...@ou... <javascript:;>');>>
> wrote:
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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?
> >
> >
> >         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.
> >
> >         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.
> >
> >     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.
>
> Are you referring to  771, 707, and 525?  771 would appear to be the
> most urgent.


711 and 707.  Didn't even notice 525, but it is probably related to 707.
 If true, then 707 and 525 are likely focus issues (maybe window-manager
dependent?).  711 definitely seem to be release blocking.

Ben Root