Hi On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 4:30 PM, William Kyngesburye <[email protected]> wrote: > Essentially ready here on OS X. Just a lot of uploading to do (major stack > rebuild for various other updates). >
Thanks William! regards Tim > On Jun 12, 2012, at 4:49 PM, Tim Sutton wrote: > >> Hi All >> >> Dear QGIS devs & packagers >> >> --- Note to casual readers --- >> >> Please do not pre-announce this release - give the packagers and >> release team a chance to do their thing so that people hearing about >> the release have a fair chance of finding a package, reading all our >> press material etc. >> >> --- End note --- >> >> I have branched QGIS 1.8.0 for release. The branch can be checked out >> like this (as a tracking branch) >> >> git clone git://github.com/qgis/Quantum-GIS.git >> git branch --track release-1_8 origin/release-1_8 >> git checkout release-1_8 >> >> Or (to check out the tag made immediately before branching) >> >> git fetch >> git checkout final-1_8_0 >> >> >> Source tarballs can be obtained from here: >> >> http://qgis.org/downloads/qgis-1.8.0.tar.bz2 >> http://qgis.org/downloads/qgis-1.8.0.tar.bz2.md5 >> >> Some notes: >> >> - Please do not commit anything to the release branch except packaging >> related tweaks - we will be focussing our efforts on master towards an >> upcoming 2.0 release. There are no 1.8.x point releases planned except >> in the case of highly critical bugfixes being needed. >> - If you make a package please be so kind as to update the download >> wiki page at http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Download with the details of >> your package. >> - If you are able to make packages for unlisted platforms / distros >> please discuss your plans on this thread so that we can avoid >> duplication of effort. >> - I would like to make the release announcement next week, so it will >> be great to have as many packages as possible ready by then. >> - git master is open again for general commits - please seek guidance >> from Marco Hugentobler (PSC Code Manager) if you are planning any >> major code changes. >> - Please accompany any updates to core with unit tests! >> >> Many thanks to all the developers, testers, bug fixers, bug reporters, >> document writers, translators and users that help to make QGIS a >> reality! >> >> Lastly can I call on the release team (or any interested people) to >> help to put together visual changelog (link below), press >> announcements etc. ready for the release date? I will send you an >> email when the packages are ready and you can start broadcasting >> announcements. >> >> Visual Changelog Wiki Page: >> http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Release_VisualGuide_18 >> >> Best regards >> >> -- >> Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) >> ============================================== >> Please do not email me off-list with technical >> support questions. Using the lists will gain >> more exposure for your issues and the knowledge >> surrounding your issue will be shared with all. >> >> Visit http://linfiniti.com to find out about: >> * QGIS programming and support services >> * Mapserver and PostGIS based hosting plans >> * FOSS Consulting Services >> Skype: timlinux >> Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net >> ============================================== >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-developer mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > ----- > William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com> > http://www.kyngchaos.com/ > > [Trillian] What are you supposed to do WITH a maniacally depressed robot? > > [Marvin] You think you have problems? What are you supposed to do if you > ARE a maniacally depressed robot? No, don't try and answer, I'm 50,000 times > more intelligent than you and even I don't know the answer... > > - HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy > > -- Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) ============================================== Please do not email me off-list with technical support questions. Using the lists will gain more exposure for your issues and the knowledge surrounding your issue will be shared with all. Visit http://linfiniti.com to find out about: * QGIS programming and support services * Mapserver and PostGIS based hosting plans * FOSS Consulting Services Skype: timlinux Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net ============================================== _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
