Re: Release v1.4 (or 2.0): process and schedule ?

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hello,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Hello!
>
> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> About the current status, I'm nearing on pushing a version-1.4.0 branch
>> which is based on master with a few more (core-ish) updates.  There's
>> still a few days ahead of that, so if you manage to get many of this
>> kind of problems fixed & merged in master they can easily be included in
>> the next release.
>
> Before the first RC, I’d like to push the latest ‘guix style’ changes:
> <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/52974>.
>
> Do we enter string freeze before the first RC?  I forgot how we did it
> last time.

I remember the string freeze was a bit early last time, given the
release also took time to be polished and shipped, but I think it also
was useful.  Integrating translation changes should occur not too late
as they can introduce build issues that need to be resolved, blocking a
release.

Thank you,

Maxim