New IcedTea6 major release (1.7)

[Andrew John Hughes]

2009/12/15 Andrew John Hughes <gnu_andrew at member.fsf.org>:
> 2009/12/15 Deepak Bhole <dbhole at redhat.com>:
>> * Andrew John Hughes <gnu_andrew at member.fsf.org> [2009-12-13 10:18]:
>>> 2009/12/10 Matthias Klose <doko at ubuntu.com>:
>>> > On 10.12.2009 18:29, Andrew John Hughes wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> I notice we haven't had a major IcedTea6 release since 1.6 in
>>> >> September.  I think it's time to at least consider when we want to do
>>> >> so.
>>> >>
>>> >> HEAD is currently on b17, whereas the previous releases are on b16.
>>> >> The main feature in b17 was the switch to HotSpot 14 but this was
>>> >> already supported by IcedTea6 anyway since 1.4.
>>> >>
>>> >> My personal preference would be to wait at least until b18, which will
>>> >> include the Nimbus backport.  Nimbus is one of the major areas (if not
>>> >> only) where OpenJDK still lags the proprietary Sun JDK.  The release
>>> >> is fairly imminent; we've been discussing it at some length on
>>> >> jdk6-dev:
>>> >> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk6-dev/2009-December/000984.html
>>> >>  However, I understand that others may want to delay this until 1.8 if
>>> >> a 1.7 is desired sooner, prior to extensive testing of b18.
>>> >
>>> > from a distribution standpoint, b17 will likely not be released as part of a
>>> > Linux distribution (all distros just had their releases), so I would be
>>> > happy to concentrate on b18 instead.
>>> >
>>> >> What other features would people like to see in a release?  What
>>> >> things are we waiting on?  The new plugin springs to mind.
>>> >
>>> > do you mean the icedtea npp plugin?
>>> >
>>>
>>> I do.  Deepak, can you give us all a status update on the state of
>>> both plugins including the bug mentioned by Andreas?
>>
>> The NP plugin is close to being functionally complete. I am currently
>> concentrating on cross-browser testing with chromium, and firefox 3.5
>> (most of the development I did was against 3.6 and there are some header
>> issues across 3.5/3.6).
>>
>> I expect to make an alpha release before the holidays (24th Dec.) and a
>> beta around 2-3rd week of Jan., followed by polishing+final release
>> later on, depending on how many issues crop up.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Deepak
>>
>>>
>>> >  Matthias
>>> >
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> --
>>> Andrew :-)
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>
> Thanks for the summary.
>
> So my proposal would be:
>
> * A 1.7 release based on b17 in late December, with a major branch created now.
> * A 1.8 release based on b18 in early February (for FOSDEM?)
>
> Any objections?
> --
> Andrew :-)
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Actually, better replace the 'now' above with 'Friday' :)

I'll create the branch then if no-one has any strong objections.

Thanks,
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