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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

AFAIK, old stable was any stable release prior to the v4 release.  From
v4 on we should make any required migration paths version specific.

On 7/18/2018 9:58 AM, Adam Wolf wrote:
> Oof! I hadn't even thought of that.  I was just concerned about folks
> not understanding that "old stable" means a specific nameless release,
> rather than the phrase "a stable release that is older than the
> current release".
> 
> Adam
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 8:56 AM Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Migrating is definitely a version to version issue so v4 to v5 migration
>> would make the upgrade path clear.  I would hope no one is upgrading
>> from old stable to v5.  That would really be ugly.
>>
>> On 7/18/2018 9:50 AM, Adam Wolf wrote:
>>> I am talking with Nick about if we want the "migration from old
>>> stable" still in the sidebar, or if we should replace it with V4 to V5
>>> migration, or if we should make a new generic migration page.  I think
>>> we could discuss it here, rather than a Github issue on the website
>>> repo.
>>>
>>> I think "migration from old stable" will be confusing for folks once
>>> V5 is out.  Thoughts?
>>>
>>> Adam
>>> On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 7:41 AM Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The goal is to have everything tagged by Friday and then give the
>>>> package builders a few days to get the 5.0.0 packages (or a least most
>>>> of them) built and added to the website before making the official
>>>> announcement.  I still have some changes to make to the release
>>>> announcement which I should have done by Friday.  Would the person
>>>> responsible for providing the website patch for the v5 package links
>>>> please let me know when that is ready to go.  Is there anything else
>>>> that I missed?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Wayne
>>>>
>>>> On 7/18/2018 8:22 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
>>>>> Tell me if I am wrong, but I start to believe we are going to publish v5
>>>>> this Friday. Is there anything missing I could help with? Do we have the
>>>>> website updates ready?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Orson
>>>>>
>>>>> On 07/11/2018 08:49 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>>>>>> Are there any critical bugs remaining to be fixed for the stable 5
>>>>>> release?  I didn't see any thing outstanding but I may have missed
>>>>>> something while I was on vacation.  I'm going to create a 5.0.0
>>>>>> milestone for the last few remaining bugs and shoot for a 7/20 tag date
>>>>>> unless there are any more critical bugs lurking about.  I will also
>>>>>> create 5.0 and 5.1 branches.  If I tag on 7/20, I would like to make the
>>>>>> release announcement on 7/27.  Does anyone see any issues with these dates
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How do stand with our installers?  I saw the macos installer was making
>>>>>> some nice progress.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are the doc devs, library devs, and translators (except for the recent
>>>>>> minor string changes) ready?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there anything else I'm missing?  I really would like to make these
>>>>>> dates.  I have an Olimex TERES laptop kit that I've been dying to play
>>>>>> around with but I know once I start on that, everything else will get
>>>>>> pushed to the back burner so I'm not going to start until version 5 is
>>>>>> released. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wayne
>>>>>>
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