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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 05:10:59PM +0100, Johannes Ring wrote:
> Hi all,
> It was suggested earlier today that we make a new release. No one has
> objected and I have been appointed as the release manager, so we are
> then at step four in the development model [1].
> Tomorrow, March 6, I will fork the development branches into 1.2.x
> branches [2] to prepare for the release of FEniCS 1.2. The buildbot
> will then be updated to build the 1.2.x branches, and when it is
> green, we can go ahead and make the release. Alternatively, we can
> wait one week as suggested by the development model. Development can
> of course continue in the development branches, but only bug fixes
> will be merged into the 1.2.x branches to be included in the 1.2
> release.
> [1] http://fenicsproject.org/contributing/development_model.html
> [2] DOLFIN, FFC, Instant, UFC (2.2.x) and UFL are needed

Sounds great. I don't think we should need to wait a week. As soon as
the buildbot is green we can make a release. Then 1.2.1 can follow if
we find (more) bugs.

--
Anders