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[Johan Hake <johan.hake@xxxxxxxxx>]

Not sure what is best, but I have at least finished bugs and blueprints 
assigned to me for both 0.9.12 and 1.0.0-rc1. I will also not be available for 
code sprint this week.

Johan

On Monday June 27 2011 03:38:11 Anders Logg wrote:
> B0;268;0cDear all,
> 
> What are your thoughts on a release of 1.0? One of the main obstacles,
> at least for me personally has been the FEniCS book which has now been
> submitted.
> 
> Is there any interest in a code sprint this week, to try to have
> something ready for the release by the end of the week? I'm up for it.
> 
> I see two different options:
> 
> 1. Merge the milestons 0.9.12 and 1.0.0-rc1 and release 1.0.0-rc1 at
> the end of the week. Then we collect (and maybe fix) bug reports
> during the summer and aim for a release of 1.0 in August (possibly
> after a 1.0.0-rc2 and rc3).
> 
> 2. Finish up and release 0.9.12 this week and then go into release
> mode in August with 1.0.0-rc1, 1.0.0-rc2, ..., 1.0.0.
> 
> In both cases (after releasing 1.0-rc1) we should only fix bugs (not
> add new features or change the interface) before releasing 1.0.0.
> 
> I don't know when the Debian import freeze is, so it may have
> implications on the choice we need to make.
> 
> Another thing to discuss is what should happen after 1.0.0. I think it
> would be good to be much more conservative with interface changes than
> what we have been. With the latest change to VariationalProblem, I
> think we have converged pretty well so I don't foresee any big changes
> will be needed.
> 
> This also relates to the policy in Debian for binary compatibility
> with shared libraries which may prevent any big changes to the
> interface. I think Johannes knows more about this.
> 
> 
> So (1) or (2)? Or none of the above? In either case, I think we need
> to make a common decision so we can coordinate and others know what to
> expect.
> 
> --
> Anders
> 
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