Hi all,

We're ready to move into Feature Freeze at this time (actually we've been unofficially in this mode for about a week). No further feature work is permitted at this point. Any remaining tasks regarding documentation needs to be wrapped up ASAP, as we will be moving to string freeze soon.

4. Feature Freeze. No further development work. Disable features that aren't finished Post additional inkscape-0.46-pre*.tar.gz releases Focus on critical bug fixing. Finalize all tutorials, docs, etc. Finalize all extensions Finalize about screen Translators create translations. Inkscape must pass 'make distcheck' Establish the Stable Branch for release Disable features that won't be turned on in the release Recruit Release Wardens for Hard Freeze Post inkscape-0.46-beta.tar.gz

I think most of the work required above is already completed, so we probably just need to doublecheck them, and hopefully can proceed through this phase quickly. There are only 4 remaining release-critical bugs milestoned for 0.46, so hopefully these can get sorted out soon:

168586 Crash related with ungrouping 179452 export to openclipart.org in dev version 180890 work around deficiencies of feBlend-based blend modes 187290 Extensions not working on Windows with rel 0.46-pre0

There are also 14 High priority milestoned bugs; several of these we'll probably need to get re-milestoned to 0.46.1 but they're all pretty important so that'd be a tough decision - much better to get them sorted out now. You can see the list here: http://tinyurl.com/259gwb

Bryce

------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Open development.

2. Chill. Development focuses on wrapping up. Identify 'make distcheck' issues Triage bug reports Run an About Screen contest First draft of Release Notes. Update tutorials and other docs

3. Frost. Most development complete. Release Notes should be >90% filled in. Bug Hunt: 500 points Post inkscape-0.46-pre0.tar.gz

4. Feature Freeze. No further development work. Disable features that aren't finished Post additional inkscape-0.46-pre*.tar.gz releases Focus on critical bug fixing. Finalize all tutorials, docs, etc. Finalize all extensions Finalize about screen Translators create translations. Inkscape must pass 'make distcheck' Establish the Stable Branch for release Disable features that won't be turned on in the release Recruit Release Wardens for Hard Freeze Post inkscape-0.46-beta.tar.gz

5. Hard freeze. Only release wardens can commit to Stable Branch No further string changes Complete any late-late-late work under advisement of Wardens Focus on release-critical bug fixing. Finalize translations, release notes, etc. Packagers test creating pkgs of the -pre* releases Publish more release candidates until ready for release. Final verification of packaging, release notes, docs, etc.

6. Release. Post inkscape-0.46.tar.gz Post packages Post official announcements Plan 0.46.1+ release(s), if needed

7. Open development.