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[John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx>]

I would beg to differ (e.g. how can anyone build a package when the
milestone doesn't have a VCS branch/tag and isn't released), but I
realise I don't understand at all how Kicad releases are planned and
executed.

What /is/ the right way to track issues targeted for future
milestones, if not milestones in the issue tracker? Awful as Launchpad
is, I find it useful to be able to see what remains to be done.

On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 3:05 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It doesn't make any sense without a 5.0 source branch which isn't going
> to happen until the items that I listed are ready.  Once that happens,
> then I will create a 5.0 branch.  The problem is that you've assign a 5
> series without the associated code branch.  If you leave it, I promise
> you someone will build a 5.0-rc1 package which is completely false.
> Then users will assume that we are near to a v5 release which we are
> not.  None of this should have happened without at least some discussion.
>
> On 4/1/2017 2:09 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
>> I think having a milestone for use in the bug tracker is valuable, I
>> would urge you not to have that deleted. The v5 series can go ofc.
>>
>> On Apr 1, 2017 11:31 AM, "Wayne Stambaugh" <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>>     Only kicad-committers should be able to do this.  When I get a chance I
>>     check the launchpad permissions.  Please remove it when you get a
>>     chance.  I do not want users thinking this is an official rc1 candidate.
>>      It is not.  The symbol library table, stitching via, and revised
>>     connection algorithm are all part of v5 rc1.
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>
>>     Wayne
>>
>>     On 3/31/2017 5:27 PM, John Beard wrote:
>>     > Hi,
>>     >
>>     > I "accidentally" made a Launchpad series for v5:
>>     >
>>     > https://launchpad.net/kicad/5.0 <https://launchpad.net/kicad/5.0>
>>     >
>>     > I wasn't really expecting to have permissions to do that, but it went
>>     > though, so here it is! I doubled down on it and so there's also a
>>     > milestone for RC1. Project management people are of course welcome to
>>     > assign themselves as managers as needed.
>>     >
>>     > I think we can use these to target important bugs/features to v5, so
>>     > we can get visibiliy of what remains to do and people looking to pick
>>     > off bugs can have a list of things to hit first.
>>     >
>>     > Cheers,
>>     >
>>     > John
>>     >
>>     > On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 11:07 PM, Chris Pavlina
>>     <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>     >> Sounds good.
>>     >>
>>     >> I've collected all the things I want to work on for 5.0 properly on
>>     >> Launchpad now, assigned to myself. These are:
>>     >>
>>     >> - Fix remaining UI/UX issues with the component selector.
>>     >> - Investigate possible footprint preview panel locale issues
>>     >> - Implement footprint selection tags on history items
>>     >> - Document the new component selector.
>>     >> - Fix OpenGL compatibility test crash on startup [1]
>>     >> - Implement clean OpenGL/Cairo fallback [2]
>>     >>
>>     >> Plus a few more minor things (all assigned to me on Launchpad).
>>     >>
>>     >> I'd like to get all these done before 5.0, is that okay? I'm not sure
>>     >> how far off the geometry library and via stitching are so I don't
>>     know
>>     >> how much time that gives me.
>>     >>
>>     >> [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1676915
>>     <https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1676915>
>>     >> [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1676916
>>     <https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1676916>
>>     >>
>>     >>
>>     >> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 10:47:19AM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>>     >>> Hey Chris,
>>     >>>
>>     >>> The following items are holding up the v5 branch:
>>     >>>
>>     >>> Symbol library table (me).
>>     >>> Unified geometry library (Tom).
>>     >>> Stitching via support (Tom & Orson).
>>     >>>
>>     >>> I was hoping I would be done with the symbol library table by
>>     now but
>>     >>> I'm really having trouble finding the time to finish it up.  I'm not
>>     >>> sure where Tom and Orson stand.  I just saw an email from Tom
>>     the other
>>     >>> day so it looks like there is still a bit of work to do on his
>>     end with
>>     >>> the stitching via support.
>>     >>>
>>     >>> Thanks,
>>     >>>
>>     >>> Wayne
>>     >>>
>>     >>> On 3/28/2017 10:45 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
>>     >>>> Hey Wayne,
>>     >>>>
>>     >>>> In the interest of prioritizing my own work - just curious if
>>     you have
>>     >>>> any idea how long it's going to be before declaring the v5 feature
>>     >>>> freeze, and what that's waiting on.
>>     >>>>
>>     >>>
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