[ANN] bzr 2.4.0 has gone gold

[Gordon Tyler]

On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:06:20 +0200, vila <vila+bzr at canonical.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Gordon Tyler <gordon at doxxx.net> writes:
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>     > I see no point in releasing an installer if I know that a
>     > particular plugin requires some work to be compatible with the new
>     > version of bzr.  That's on-par with Oracle's JDK7 release. :P
> 
> If you *know* the plugin is not compatible, yes of course.
> 
> Any name you want to share with us ? :)

I'll admit that I'm making an assumption here, which is that bzr-svn
requires more work to be bzr 2.4.0 compatible. If it is usable in its
current state, then I'll package that.

>     > I also don't want to release an "official" installer which bundles
>     > some arbitrarily selected revision of a major plugin and have the
>     > plugin author mad at me because I couldn't wait.
> 
> Then just take the same revision that was used for 2.4b5, what's the
> issue ?

Due to the build methodology I use for betas, I don't have a record of the
revision used.

> We do time-based releases so that we don't get blocked by last-minute
> landed features and because we consider there is more value in having
> our software in the hands of our users early.
> 
> Keep in mind that 2.4.1 will be frozen on 2011-09-01 so there is no
> point in delaying 2.4.0.

Very well. I'll build it tonight (EST).

Ciao,
Gordon