+1 I like the idea of doing a pre-release a lot in such case. Other Apache projects do release candidates (rc) shortly before their release but if we are still a bit away from the final release beta is a good name.
On October 11, 2024, alexandre alves <aal...@seamlink.com.invalid> wrote: > Hi > > I agree with the approach and would be able to test the beta version > with our current apps and plugins. > > Alexandre Alves > ________________________________ > De: Darryl Pogue <dar...@dpogue.ca> > Enviado: 11 de outubro de 2024 08:14 > Para: dev@cordova.apache.org <dev@cordova.apache.org> > Assunto: [DISCUSS] Making a cordova-ios 8.0.0-beta.1 release > > Hi folks, > There's been a lot[1] of refactoring and modernizing work for > cordova-ios recently, aiming to get us ready for the 8.0.0 major > version. Some of that includes deprecating old APIs to adopt more > modern conventions, and some of that includes breaking changes to the > generated Xcode project structure. I think (and really hope) that all > of the big breaking changes are done now. > > While there are still some bug fixes that I'm hoping we'll be able to > address[2], and possibly some new features, it feels like a good time > to get some initial testing of the breaking changes and deprecations, > particularly from plugin authors. > > To that end, I'm curious what people think about the idea of > publishing an 8.0.0-beta.1 version for testing. > > We would explicitly NOT mark it as latest on npm, so people would have > to opt in to it for testing, but we would make a post about it on the > blog with detailed notes for plugin authors about deprecations and > what might need to be updated in plugin code. Since this would be a > tagged release, it would need to go through the usual vetting and > voting process. > > I'm happy to start that process (and write the plugin migration guide) > if folks think this is worth doing. > > Thanks, > ~Darryl > > [1] https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/compare/7.1.1...master > [2] https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/milestone/12 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org
