[Coco] upcoming NitrOS-9 release

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 18 November 2013 19:20:04 Tormod Volden did opine:

> Now that NitrOS-9 seems to be in a better condition than for a long
> time, I would like to make a formal release soon. Releasing ToolShed
> was one prerequisite*, another one is to get everything back on the
> default branch so that we don't release from a topic branch. Just as a
> heads-up for those of you working on or pulling from the mercurial
> repository, I plan the following:
> 1. Dummy merge of default branch into lwtools-port (disregarding
> changes from default, this is just to make (3) work.
> 2. Tag the current (old) default branch as 3.2.9 (just as a bookmark)
> 3. Merge lwools-port into default
> 4. Close lwtools-port. All development will then continue on the
> default branch (or new topic branches when they are needed)!
> 5. Last minute fixes if there is any
> 6. Tag and release 3.2.10
> 
> Please tell me if there is something you really think should be fixed
> before the new release.
> 
> There was also some discussion about calling it 3.2.10 or 3.3.0. My
> take on this is that there is not much changes from the user
> perspective, just the compiler used in the build process has changed
> which should in principle not change the final product. Or are there
> noteworthy new features?
> 
> Best regards,
> Tormod
> 
> *) It should be sufficient to use the latest stable release of all
> tools to build a release, and not having to hunt down development
> snapshots.

I'll be waiting with baited breath (on no, those weren't anchovies?) :)

I think the biggest change is the amount of smarts in the descriptor 
builders, that is in better shape today than at any point since 3.2.0 IMO.  
It got worse before it got better, but now its in pretty fair shape.  So 
I'm in agreement that calling it 3.2.9 while the merges back to default get 
sorted, and 3.3.0 when it works again.
 
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