bzr 1.9 release plans

[Michael Hudson]

Martin Pool wrote:
> I'd like to be your RM again for the 1.9 release.
> 
> In 1.8 we slipped the final release by a few days, mostly due to me
> doing things other than just releasing it during that process.  Things
> are a bit more automated now, so it will be faster in the future.
> 
> I propose these dates:
> 
>   1.9rc1 Friday 31 October (now+8)
>   1.9final Friday 7 November
> 
> The current NEWS entries are a bit thin as people have been working on
> bugs or the repository format.  I'd be open to pushing this out by one
> more week if that is generally desired.

The suggested dates are nice for getting 1.9 into the next rollout of
Launchpad.  Pushing it back a week would be a bit less convenient but
would still just about be possible.

Cheers,
mwh