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Re: 5.1 release

 

I just pushed the initial draft of the release announcement to the
website repo[1].  Please take a look at it and let me know if I missed
anything or there are any issues.

Thanks,

Wayne

[1]:
https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-website/blob/master/content/blog/release-5.1.0.adoc

On 3/10/2019 3:37 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> Thank you.
> 
> søn. 10. mar. 2019 20.34 skrev Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>>:
> 
>     Nick,
> 
>     I'll push the initial draft later this evening.  I figure it will be
>     Tuesday or Wednesday until most of the packages are built and uploaded
>     to the website.
> 
>     Wayne
> 
>     On 3/10/19 3:25 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>     > Please push the announcement to the website repo in case we want
>     to add
>     > some more info.
>     >
>     > søn. 10. mar. 2019 20.23 skrev Wayne Stambaugh
>     <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
>     > <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>>>:
>     >
>     >     Thank your Rene and all of the library developers for your
>     efforts.
>     >     This should be the last of the repo tags so lets fire up those
>     package
>     >     builders.  I will finish up the release announcement this
>     evening so
>     >     that once most of the packages are built I can make the release
>     >     announcement.
>     >
>     >     Cheers,
>     >
>     >     Wayne
>     >
>     >
>     >     On 3/10/19 3:09 PM, Rene Pöschl wrote:
>     >      > The library has been tagged. It includes a few bug fixes
>     since rc2.
>     >      > Details see:
>     >      >
>     >   
>      https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-symbols/issues/1470#issuecomment-471333999
>     >      >
>     >      > On 08/03/19 20:16, Wayne Stambaugh 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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