With the decision regarding the PDF work, we're ready to proceed with the release.
At this point we can move into the 'Frost' portion of the release, to focus on bugfixes:
Frost: *** + Wrap up development work + Select an about screen + Release Notes is 90% filled in + Bug Hunt: 300 points + Post inkscape-0.45pre0.tar.gz
Feature Freeze: + SVN is branched + No further development work on release branch + Focus on critical bug fixing + Finalize all tutorials, docs, extensions, etc. + Translators create translations + Inkscape must pass 'make distcheck' + Packagers encouraged to test package creation + Post inkscape-0.45pre1.tar.gz
Hard Freeze: + Focus on 'MUST FIX' bug fixing + Finalize translations + Finalize release notes + Test installation of packages for all major platforms + Post inkscape-0.45pre2.tar.gz
Release + Final verification of late work, packaging, release notes, etc. + Post inkscape-0.45.tar.gz + Post packages for major platforms + Post official announcements
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