With the completion of the Bug Hunt, we are nearly ready to move to Feature Freeze, however there are a few tasks we must complete first:
Frost: *** + (DONE) Wrap up development work + Select an about screen + Release Notes is 90% filled in + (DONE) Bug Hunt: 300 points + Identify the Release Wardens for 0.45 + 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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