Hello all, The time has come for an official release of Pike 8.0! Because this is something that we all want but since we have trouble settling on a plan, it’s been decided that the release date for the first stable Pike 8.0 release will occur on Thursday, October 15. I will make a release candidate on October 8, and if it passes the testsuite on my limited set of test machines, I think we will be good to go. Please take a moment to run “make verify” on your system and report any problems not of your own making.
This is a hard date, so if you’ve got something you’ve been putting off, or some buggy code you’ve been meaning to fix, my suggestion would be to make that a priority now. :) Also, please don’t commit the rewrite of the type system you’ve been dabbling with, or anything else major that hasn’t already been discussed and agreed to. This one month warning is a chance to get anything that needs final polish or documentation (hint, hint) sorted out. Also, If you’re feeling especially considerate, please take a moment to document your changes in the change log. This will save me a lot of time in the upcoming weeks. If you’ve got any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to drop me a note personally or to the list generally. Thanks in advance, Bill
