Re: [Tails-dev] Postponing 1.1?

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12/06/14 01:43, intrigeri wrote:
> Hi,
>
> anonym wrote (11 Jun 2014 22:15:58 GMT) :
>> 28/05/14 20:18, intrigeri wrote:
>>> anonym wrote (28 May 2014 16:40:02 GMT) :
>>>> Since I'm still around at this time (until and including the 18th of
>>>> June) I'm also able to prepare a 1.1~beta2.
>>>
>>> Great.
>
>> I'll *try* my best to do this, but it'll be pretty much best-effort in
>> that case. Just build, generate IUK and UDFs, *light* testing, and then
>> upload. No test suite.
>
> Given the very limited amount of bugfixes we were able to merge yet,
> and the fact it's not the major ones, I doubt a beta2 on Monday will
> be worth the effort (even assuming Windows camouflage is merged by the
> end of the week).
>
> I say skip it, save time there, better focus on fixing the bugs.


ACK, skipping it.

> I'll try to put a beta2 out later in June (same, with a *very* minimal
> amount of effort).


Cool!

>>>> I won't promise anything, but it may be possible for me to take one
>>>> half-day from my hiatus for dealing with some review'n'merges of yours,
>>>> giving you more time to fix potential issues compared to if I only do so
>>>> in the last three days before the July 1st "real" freeze. If so, that
>>>> would likely be the 25th. Would this be helpful for you?
>>>
>>> The 25th is already a bit late for me, since I'll be at a conference
>>> on the 27-29, enjoying the hallway track and presenting Tails.
>>>
>>> But still, this would be awesome, and very much welcome.
>
>> I'm still gonna try for 25th, but it's turning out more complicated than
>> I originally thought. Actually now the 22nd (Sunday) looks more
>> promising, which I think would suite our needs even better, right? Still
>> that's not a promise, yet...
>
> Right, June 22 would be much better for me.


Perfect! I can now confirm that I'll have a six hour window with a
decent Internet connection from around 12 CEST on June 22. If you can
send me an email of priorities before then, that'd be great. It'd be
even better if you can be present on IRC/XMPP.

>>> If you think you can build the final 1.1 as well, don't hesitate
>>> stealing it from me. I mean it.
>>>
>>> Alternatively, we could share things a bit, e.g. I could prepare the
>>> .deb's (including the web browser?), Changelog, release notes, and
>>> leave you the rest.
>
>> Ok, I can do it, and I think I can do it all, but *if* I arrive back the
>> 20th (not sure yet, but if so it would be quite early) it might be safer
>> that some part of it is already done. I think it'd be enough if you did
>> the iceweasel building. Sounds ok?
>
> Sure. I've scheduled July 19th to do this.


Excellent!

Cheers!