With 0.92.1 now finished, the 0.92.x branch is reopened for targeted bugfixes, and it's time to look forward to 0.92.2.
There are a few other activities that were gated on 0.92.1 which will be proceeding in parallel, most notably of which is the git migration plan, which is hard to guess how long it'll require. I figure since that's obviously going to be disruptive that we focus on completing that before initiating the 0.92.2 release. So exact dates are going to be infeasible, but to establish some basic mileposts:
0.92.1 Now Feature Freeze 0.92.2pre0 TBD Hard Freeze + String Freeze 0.92.2pre1 +2 weeks Release Candidate 0.92.2 +1 week Cut Release
I am guestimating earliest we might see 0.92.2 would be late April / early May, but depending on how things go could be more of the May/June timeframe.
== 0.92.2 Development Goals ==
1. The replacement for DPI dialog is a top goal for 0.92.2. The wording of the dialog in particular needs review, but much of the implementation work is solid and just needs to be landed and tested. Translation of this to other languages is also quite important, and should receive special attention. A 2 week period is scheduled post-String Freeze in particular to help ensure translators have adequate time for this dialog.
2. A GPLv3 widget needs to be removed (or relicensed) to allow Inkscape to return to being covered as GPLv2. While I'd love to see this undertaken for 0.92.2, but if it isn't it doesn't need to hold up the release.
Beyond this, changes that fix bugs or address user reported problems are welcome. Please try to keep patches minimal so they're easy to review, and avoid doing refactoring work. Larger works such as new user interface pieces, should be done on branches, proposed for review, and tested thoroughly on trunk before landing on 0.92.x. If you have any doubts over the appropriateness of a particular large change, please feel free to run it by me first.
Provide detailed descriptions in your commit messages, including ref to bug #'s and an explanation of the user-visible problem that the patch fixes. This helps testers isolate regressions and assists in creating the release notes.