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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

There is a separate branch and the only back ports after the stable
release will be critical bugs.  As of my recent announcement, there
should be some happy admins.

On 9/12/2015 6:36 PM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
> I had the impression that it would be a separate branch and that a number
> of people would back-port any necessary patches but no new features may
> be introduced. I think that arrangement would keep your generic package
> maintainers and sysadmins happy; we've had so many complaints from
> people about the product branch despite its stability and usability and
> many admins have said they don't care about new features and would only
> like to be able to tell their bosses that the upstream people have tagged
> the branch as a release.
> 
> - Cirilo
> 
> 
> On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 5:37 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     I created the new series on Lauchpad a few hours ago.  I still have to
>     decide whether to link it to the product branch or make it a separate
>     source branch.  I'm still trying to wrap my head around it as well as
>     get these last few dialog fixes committed.
> 
>     On 9/12/2015 3:33 PM, Jon Neal wrote:
>     > So I don't think it is Friday in any part of the world anymore.
>     >
>     > Any update on the branch? :)
>     >
>     > Jon
>     >
>     > On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>
>     > <mailto:oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     For your (and others) information, in the current moment of writing
>     >     this email, there are no more critical or high bugs on the tracker.
>     >
>     >     2015-09-08 21:34 GMT+02:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
>     >     <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>>>:
>     >     > I think the current situation is as good as we can hope for as far as
>     >     > blockers for rc1. I'm going to try to create a new version 4 stable
>     >     > release series on Launchpad Friday if no new show stoppers crop up.
>     >     > Periodically I will merge any bug fixes from the product branch
>     >     into the
>     >     > 4 stable series branch and increment the rc number. If we manage to go
>     >     > a few weeks with no new crash or data loss bugs, I will tag it a
>     >     stable
>     >     > release.
>     >     >
>     >     > On 9/8/2015 3:02 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>     >     >> Wayne, was it your intention to include the incomplete bugs in the
>     >     >> blockers for rc1? I mean, incomplete bugs are bugs that have a
>     >     >> potential to be revived, but where the developers are not really
>     >     >> supposed to spend more time on them until some feedback are given.
>     >     >>
>     >     >> I personally don't think they should be included in that list,
>     >     even if
>     >     >> critical or high or not.
>     >     >>
>     >     >> 2015-09-06 22:11 GMT+02:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
>     >     <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>>>:
>     >     >>> This is a reminder to *all* developers, please do not send any
>     >     patches
>     >     >>> or merge requests unless it is specifically to fix an existing bug
>     >     >>> report. Also, please don't bother fixing the build scripts or any of
>     >     >>> the CMake dependency library build code as they will be removed
>     >     during
>     >     >>> the next development cycle. My preference is that we focus on the
>     >     >>> critical bug reports that are keeping me from creating an rc1
>     >     branch.
>     >     >>> They can be found here:
>     >     >>>
>     >     >>>
>     >     https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bugs?field.searchtext=&orderby=-importance&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.importance%3Alist=CRITICAL&field.importance%3Alist=HIGH&assignee_option=any&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.bug_commenter=&field.subscriber=&field.structural_subscriber=&field.tag=&field.tags_combinator=ANY&field.has_cve.used=&field.omit_dupes.used=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.affects_me.used=&field.has_patch.used=&field.has_branches.used=&field.has_branches=on&field.has_no_branches.used=&field.has_no_branches=on&field.has_blueprints.used=&field.has_blueprints=on&field.has_no_blueprints.used=&field.has_no_blueprints=on
>     >     >>>
>     >     >>> This list needs to get to zero before I'm willing to create any
>     >     rc1 branch.
>     >     >>>
>     >     >>> Thank you for your cooperation.
>     >     >>>
>     >     >>> Cheers,
>     >     >>>
>     >     >>> Wayne
>     >
>     >
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