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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

The suggested plan is as follows:

1. Release 0.9.11    now
2. Release 0.9.12    2011-05-31
3. Release 1.0.0-rc1 2011-06-14

No new features should be added after this point and all known
bugs (unless we decide to push them to post 1.0) should have
been fixed.

4. Release rc2, rc3, ... if necessary
5. Release 1.0.0 when ready

Between 3 and 4, all depending packages (like cbc.solve etc) have a
chance to make updates to any interface changes and everyone is
encouraged to test the release candidate.

How long should this window be? I'd like a very short window (like a
week). Opinions?

Another thing to discuss is how to handle versioning of packages post
1.0. It's practical for users if DOLFIN, UFL, FFC, FIAT have the same
version numbers. On the other hand, it's not practical for developers.
In particular, FIAT usually makes less frequent updates than the other
packages.

Yet another thing to discuss is whether we want to require that all
1.x versions work together, so for example one can assume that FFC
1.0.3 works with DOLFIN 1.0.9. In general, I think we need to pay more
attention to versioning and compatibility post 1.0.

Johannes has also mentioned to me a requirement in Debian for binary
compatibility with shared libraries. Johannes, could you say something
about this?

--
Anders


On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:24:49PM +0200, Martin Sandve Alnæs wrote:
> Good idea. I just talked to Anders and Kent last week about the need
> for a testing period with feature freeze before 1.0 is released. After
> this release we should figure out how the release process up to 1.0
> should be, also in relation with the book.
>
> Martin
>
> On 16 May 2011 12:13, Garth N. Wells <gnw20@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I suggest now would be a good point to make new releases of UFL, FFC and
> > DOLFIN. There have been a number of improvements to UFL, FFC caching,
> > and there have been a good number of DOLFIN bugs fixes. New version
> > numbers would be:
> >
> > UFL: 0.9.1
> > FFC: 0.9.1
> > DOLFIN: 0.9.12
> >
> > Jump in quick if there is anything that you would like do before a release.
> >
> > Garth
> >
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