Hey All,
It seems like it would be jumping the gun to put forth a proposed release plan without getting input from everyone on what should and should not be pursued during this cycle. After some feedback it should be a bit easier to put forth a somewhat realistic timeframe. Again, the goal is still to have a release before the end of the year. (Note: 0.48.4 is going to be cut hopefully in the next week or so)
First, I want to address, what major features and issues are still left that people want include and will be able to wrap up in the near future?
We still have some outstanding bugs with the new renderer which should really be addressed when possible. I know I will be going through the tracker soon to look for our blockers and must-fixes... others are welcome to do this as well.
Our "start" time is still pretty unfriendly... valgrind just screams that it's fontconfig taking up the biggest chunk of this. I have no clue though if anyone is interested in taking this on.
Also, it's time we get the skeletal pieces in place is the release notes. If you don't have time to write the full text, please write a placeholder Todo. Anyone is welcome to do this, if you are the author of a new feature or notable change or bugfix, traditionally you are the one to write this (as you're usually the most familiar with the feature). I don't believe we should include compatibility to compile against GTK3 as it will be viewed as a supported feature.
So, where do we stand. I would really like to get a proposed release plan out in the next week if possible.
Any suggestions for a theme for this release's About screen contest?
Cheers, Josh