16/11/2015 Meeting minutes
Dmitry Kazakov
dimula73 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 26 06:49:10 UTC 2015
yeah :(
On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 11:56 PM, Boudewijn Rempt <boud at valdyas.org> wrote:
> Because too tired to start yet another wiki page nobody finds:
>
> we MUST BUMP the krita.rc version number before releasing.
>
> --
> Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.krita.org, http://www.valdyas.org
>
> On Tue, 24 Nov 2015, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
>
> ANother thing we shouldn't forget for the checklist: for major releases,
>> the info booklet must be updated, and sent out to journalists at least a
>> month before the release.
>>
>> --
>> Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.krita.org, http://www.valdyas.org
>>
>> On Thu, 19 Nov 2015, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
>>
>> Mostly from the excellent notes, filled in to follow the agenda:
>>>
>>> = Minutes for Planning Meeting 16.11.2015 =
>>>
>>> # Notes from the meeting [
>>> https://notes.kde.org/p/krita-meeting-2015-11-16 etherpad-link]
>>>
>>> # Release process
>>>
>>> Now that we're on our own, we need to improve our release process.
>>>
>>> ## Calendar/Checklist:
>>>
>>> We need to develop a release checklist. An example is
>>> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Doc/Process/Release_Checklist,
>>>
>>> Here is what we have until now:
>>>
>>> Release Checklist:
>>> * Write release post.
>>> * Changing the git version number.
>>> * Add a git-tag
>>> * Ping all translators team in a week before the packages build
>>> * Create translations tarball (dmitryK)
>>> * OSX build
>>> * Windows build(does it crash?)
>>> * Testing packages on:
>>> *Ubuntu(launchpad)
>>> *Arch
>>> *OpenSuse
>>> * Naming sceme
>>>
>>> Once we have defined a release schedule (task for Boudewijn), we will
>>> setup
>>>
>> a
>>
>>> shared calendar that can send out reminders:
>>>
>>>
>>> [
>> https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=pv232t7pu0acstl5c64357mlo4%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Europe/Moscow
>>
>>> Krita Release Calendar]
>>>
>>> We're going back to one big release a year, with bugfix/small feature
>>> releases every month:
>>>
>>> Large releases VS Small Releases:
>>> Large releases are a change in the Y in X.Y.Z
>>> * These contain large features.
>>> * Are ideally released in March so that bugs can be fixed before
>>>
>> May(the
>>
>>> kickstarter month)
>>> * Feature freeze at the least two month before expected release?
>>> * String freeze at the least two weeks before final release?
>>> Small releases are a change in Z in X.Y.Z
>>> * These contain bugfixes that weren't wishbugs.
>>> * And they contain small features. So new actions, tweaked hotkeys,
>>> a small modification to a c-plugin. No big feature changed in the core.
>>> * Feature freeze at the least two weeks before expected release?
>>> * String freeze at the least one week before final release?
>>> * Write marketing material(feature demo video/manual item/etc)
>>> around feature freeze.
>>> Features:
>>> Big features need to go into testing branches:
>>> * These are named testing-commiter or featurename-commiter
>>> * So do changes to the defaults. We have endusers use our master
>>> branch, let s wanr them before making big changes.
>>> * Branch merges into master need CCMAIL:kimageshop at kde.org
>>> Testing-releases:
>>> Alpha: Main features kickstarter+as many stretchgoals as we can fit.
>>> Beta:Real freeze in january. Bugfixing time!
>>> Final: Ideally done in March.
>>>
>>> ## 3.0 Release schedule and contents
>>>
>>> * 3.0.0 pre-alpha: December 1st --- work as usual. Fix tablet support
>>> * 3.0.0 alpha: January 6th --- Feature Freeze, tablet support + 1-2
>>> stretch goals.
>>> Priority features:
>>> * lazy brush (because it would add uniqueness)
>>> * Layer docker redesign.
>>> * multi-layer selection improvements
>>> * exporting to animated formats
>>>
>>> * 3.0.0 beta: February 3rd
>>> * 3.0.0 final: March 2nd
>>>
>>> ## 3.1 Release schedule and contents
>>>
>>> * 3.1 --- 13th of April
>>>
>>> ## 2.9 How many releases are left? 2.9.10, 2.9.11...
>>>
>>> * 2.9.10: December 2nd
>>>
>>> ## 2.9 Animation. 2.9-based test releases for Windows and Linux (without
>>> translations).
>>>
>>> Will be released 26th of November. See the checklist in the meeting
>>> notes.
>>>
>>> ## Branching
>>>
>>> Branches:
>>> 3.0 has the main branch for the feature frozen code
>>> 3.0.1 tag that points to the released version
>>> If the released version was cancelled due to a blocker but, we
>>> branch into 3.0.1.1 and cherry-pick neded commits there
>>>
>>>
>>> # Coding Priorities
>>>
>>> For 3.0, Dmitry will work on tablet support, missing features for
>>>
>> animation,
>>
>>> multilayer handling, layer docker improvements. Scott will work on a
>>> design for the improved layer docker.
>>>
>>> Missing animation features:
>>>
>>> * exporting frames to APNG/GIF/Spritesheet(This is a stretchgoal too)
>>> * cross-layer D&D
>>> * merging and other whole-image actions
>>>
>>> For 3.0, Boud is working on import/export of gimp brushes, general qt5
>>> porting and now also on the OSX port...
>>>
>>> Abrahams is creating new action system, therefore requests we take
>>> action related stretchgoals to him first for discussion. So when adding a
>>> feature and/or stretchgoal, please ask Abrahams about how to implement
>>> shortcuts
>>>
>>> Abrahams has finished work on tablet support for Windows. We're back at
>>> a fork of the Qt code... But we'll try to keep the delta small so we can
>>> upstream patches to eCloud. For x11, that's hard since the tablet support
>>>
>> is
>>
>>> all over the xcb qpa (Qt platform abstraction for the new X11 api).
>>>
>>> ## Vc 1.0 port
>>>
>>> Not much code needed, but let's push the change to a branch first so we
>>> can do a thorough regression test.
>>>
>>> ## 3.0 Tablet support
>>>
>>>
>>> Abrahams has finished work on tablet support for Windows. We're back at
>>> a fork of the Qt code... But we'll try to keep the delta small so we can
>>> upstream patches to eCloud. For x11, that's hard since the tablet support
>>>
>> is
>>
>>> all over the xcb qpa (Qt platform abstraction for the new X11 api).
>>>
>>> ## A man from St. Petersburg wants to create a UIX design of tablet
>>>
>> interface
>>
>>> for Krita (no coding, just the design)
>>>
>>> This is a uni project, there might be some funding involved. Dmitry will
>>>
>> stay
>>
>>> in contact, this person's English is not great.
>>>
>>> ## Documents on the wiki need a bit of love.
>>>
>>> * Dmitry make a mail about directory listing in wiki
>>> * Current manual writers will focus on userbase.
>>> * Scottyp is investigating mediawiki alternatives.
>>>
>>> # Sprint
>>> ## Mini sprint in Q1, or a maxi sprint in Q2?
>>>
>>> Both, we'll have a sprintlet in Deventer with at least Dmitry in
>>> February. Everyone else is welcome, but there might not be funding for a
>>> lot of
>>>
>> travel!
>>
>>>
>>> Boud will contac the e.V. board about a KDE sponsored big sprint in Q2.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.krita.org, http://www.valdyas.org
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