[devel] [gmane.comp.freedesktop.xorg] [ANNOUNCE] X11R6.9/X11R7 Release Candidate 1 ready for testing

[Anton Farygin]

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 14:15:29 -0400, Kevin E Martin wrote:

> We are pleased to announce the availability of the first full Release
> Candidate (RC1) for the upcoming X.Org Foundation release of X11R6.9 and
> X11R7.  This release marks the completion of the development cycle for the
> modular source tree.  We have tagged both the monolithic and modular trees
> and have prepared tarballs for you to test.
> 
> The X11R6.9-RC1 tarball was created from the traditional monolithic source
> tree and can be found here:
> 
>   http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X11R6.9-RC1/
> 
> X11R7-RC1 is based on the new modularized source tree and as such there
> are individual tarballs for each module component in the tree.  The set of
> tarballs can be found here:
> 
>   http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X11R7.0-RC1/
> 
> Now that RC1 has been completed, we are moving into the testing and bug
> fixing phase.  We ask that you please test _both_ the modular and
> monolithic trees.  If you find any problems, please file bugs in fdo's
> bugzilla (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg) and
> mark them as blockers of the release bug (see below) so that they can be
> tracked.  Also, we encourage you to discuss any issues you encounter on
> this mailing list.
> 
> For those looking for known issues to work on, please see the list of
> current blocker bugs on the release bug:
> 
>   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1690
> 
> For those looking for some ideas on how to test the release, please see
> the following message:
> 
>   http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2005-July/008552.html
> 
> In addition to running the test suite, we also encourage you to test your
> standard desktop and any applications you use (including OpenGL apps) on
> various graphics cards and hardware platforms.  We would like to hear
> about both successes and failures.
> 
> The plan is that by the time we reach RC2, we will have either fixed all
> of the blocker bugs or determined that they are not fixable during this
> release cycle.
> 
> Until we tag RC2, anyone is allowed to check in bug fixes.  Once we tag
> RC2, however, getting patches included will require approval of the
> release managers, so if you have bug fixes that you would like to see
> included in the release, please check them in ASAP.
> 
> Also, note that the tree is closed for new features.  If you have any
> questions about whether a particular patch would be considered a bug fix
> or a feature, ask one of the release managers to review the patch.
> 
> Lastly, since the modular development cycle has now been completed, we can
> return to our original timetable.  We have updated the schedule on the
> release plan page (http://wiki.x.org/wiki/X11R6970ReleasePlan) as shown
> here:
> 
>   4 Jul 2005: Feature freeze for the monolithic source tree 1 Aug 2005:
>   RC0 (Release Candidate 0)
>  18 Oct 2005: RC1 (Full release candidate)
>   9 Nov 2005: RC2 (Code Freeze)
>  30 Nov 2005: RCfinal
>   7 Dec 2005: X11R6.9/X11R7 Release
> 
> This gives us three full weeks to test this release and fix bugs before
> RC2, so please test early and often!
> 
> Thank you for your help with making this a successful release!
> 
> Alan Coopersmith
> Adam Jackson
> Kevin E. Martin