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[Johan Hake <johan.hake@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds good!

> 1. Release 0.9.11    now

I guess this means sometime early this week?

Johan

> 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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