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[Johannes Ring <johannr@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.

ok, I have made the branches for the 1.2.x series and set the expected
release date to Friday March 8.

Johannes