For various reasons, the release is running late. The release committee -- Robby, Jay, Ryan and I -- have therefore decided to accelerate the release schedule a bit:
-- 17th create release branch (lasts until tomorrow 10am) -- 23rd begin testing -- 24th call for release announcement -- August 1 release Notice the stringently shortened bug fix and test cycle. If you have any problems with this shortened cycle, please speak up now. -- Matthias On Jul 17, 2012, at 7:28 PM, Ryan Culpepper wrote: > The release process for v5.3 has begun: the `release' branch was > created for any work that is left and is now bumped to v5.2.900.0. You > can go on using the `master' branch as usual, it is now bumped to > v5.3.0.16 (to avoid having two different trees with the same version). > > If you have any bug-fixes and changes that need to go in the release > then make sure to specify that in the commit message or mail me the > commit SHA1s. You can `git checkout release' to try it out directly if > needed -- but do not try to push commits on it (the server will forbid > it). > > Please make sure that code that you're responsible for is as stable > as possible, and let me know if there is any new work that should > not be included in this release. > > >> NOW IS THE TIME TO FIX BUGS THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT <<< > > The time between the `release' branch creation and the actual > release is for fixing new errors that prevent proper functioning of > major components and that show up during the preparation for a > release. You can also finalize piece of work that is not yet > complete, but please avoid merging new features. > > Note that nightly builds will go on as usual (as v5.3.0.16), and > pre-release builds will be available shortly at > > http://pre.racket-lang.org/release/ > > Please tell me if you think that this release is significant enough > that it should be announced on the users list for wider testing. > _________________________ > Racket Developers list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev _________________________ Racket Developers list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev