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Re: 5.1 release

 

Forwarding to kicad-doc-devs in case anyone missed it, and adding tag
intent on kicad-i18n and kicad-doc as:

https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-i18n/issues/363
https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-doc/issues/691

On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 at 20:16, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The 5.1.0 release has been tagged and the source archive[1] has been
> uploaded to launchpad.  Please let me know if there are any issues.
>
> The 5.1 development branch has been created.  I decided to use
> -br-unknown for the KiCad version suffix of the 5.1 branch so that we
> can distinguish between the dev and 5.1 branches when building from
> source archives.  Otherwise the version string would always be
> 5.1.0-unknown which would be confusing.  Both branches are now open for
> bug fixes only.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
> [1]: https://launchpad.net/kicad/5.0/5.1.0/+download/kicad-5.1.0.tar.xz
>
> On 3/8/19 8:57 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> > I plan on tagging and branch 5.1 today around 12PM EST.  Please do not
> > push any further changes to the development branch unless a critical bug
> > needs to be fixed.  Will the repo maintainers tag all of the library,
> > doc, and translation repos as soon as possible so we can get packages
> > built.  Once you've tagged the repo, ping the mailing list so the
> > package devs know when to start the release builds.  Let me know if
> > there are still any outstanding issues that would delay the release.
> >
> > Once I branch 5.1 please do not push any new features to the development
> > branch until I get a chance to review the list of changes and set the
> > merge priority.  I should have the merge priority ready by tomorrow at
> > the latest.  Bug fixes can be pushed as always.  Do not forget to cherry
> > pick bug fixes to the 5.1 branch as required.
> >
> > Thanks again everyone for your continued hard work and dedication.
> > KiCad continues to steadily improve with each new release.  Version 6
> > will lay the groundwork for the next wave of improvements and features.
> > I'm looking forward to seeing what we can accomplish during the upcoming
> > development cycle.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Wayne
> >
> >
>
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