[ANN] bzr 2.3b1 released ! (bzr-beta-ppa updated; some plugins uninstallable)

[Vincent Ladeuil]

>>>>> Max Bowsher <maxb at f2s.com> writes:

    > On 23/09/10 18:38, Vincent Ladeuil wrote:
    >>>>>>> Max Bowsher <maxb at f2s.com> writes:
    >> 
    >> > On 20/09/10 13:08, Vincent Ladeuil wrote:
    >> >> This is the first beta of the 2.3 series, leading up to a 2.3.0
    >> >> release in January or February.  Beta releases are suitable for everyday use
    >> >> but may cause some incompatibilities with plugins.  Some plugins may need
    >> >> small updates to work with 2.3b1.
    >> 
    >> > Now published into bzr-beta-ppa. The following packages in that PPA are
    >> > currently uninstallable, needing an update to be compatible with the new
    >> > version:
    >> 
    >> >  bzr-gtk
    >> >  bzr-rewrite
    >> >  bzr-svn
    >> >  bzrtools
    >> >  loggerhead.
    >> 
    >> You mean the plugins themselves or their packaging branches ?

    > I've now learned more about what's going on here. Those five packages
    > have been built with their Debian packaging metadata placing an upper
    > bound on the bzr version they can be installed with, operating on the
    > *assumption* that bzr 2.3 will raise bzrlib's api_minimum_version.

And indeed, as mentioned on IRC, we haven't bump the bzrlib
api_minimum_version so far.

Feedback from all involved here please ?

Do you have plans to bump it ? 

I don't so far but 2.4 won't be opened
before... hmm, a couple of months at least.

I need to summarize where we are at regarding our policy for the 2.0,
2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 series including when we should stop supporting 2.0
(2.0.7 is expected to be the last and released 2011-03-10)).

Do we intend to *not* bump it at all for the 2.3 series ?

In the mean time, the bzr-beta ppa is there to test such API
compatibility problems (among others) so if you encounter problems
there, file bugs. If you *don't* please chime in too so we know it has
been tested.

   Vincent