[ANN] bzr 2.4b5 has gone gold, API freeze for 2.4

[vila]

Hi,

Here comes the fifth and *last* beta for the 2.4 series.

Let's try to have installers and packages ready for this last round of
beta testing.

This is also the time to freeze the API so plugin authors can start
doing official releases: the API freeze should guarantee that no plugins
will be broken by bug fixes until 2.4.0.

We have two options here:

- refuse proposals that break the API until trunk is opened again for
  2.5,

- target all bug fixes to lp:bzr/2.4

The later hasn't been create yet as I'd like some feedback about which
solution is preferred (I'll tend to prefer a lp:bzr/2.4 branch myself
and will ask for it to be created already even if we don't use it yet
(rt #46766)).

For now, lp:bzr is 2.4.dev6, I'll switch to 2.5dev0 when we open the
trunk for API changes.

See the Changelog at https://launchpad.net/bzr/2.4/2.4b5 for more
details about what is included and for the tarball.

I'll make the official announcement next Tuesday morning UTC (2011-07-12)
with whatever packages/installers are available at this point.

Have fun !

    Vincent