Re: Release schedule for 2.20

[Aaron Hill]

On 2018-05-09 02:49, Malte Meyn wrote:
> But an increasing number of questions asked in forums or on the lists
> can be answered by “compile current master or wait for 2.21.0”. And a
> huge number of answers requires at least 2.19.xx but people
> understandably don’t want to install an “unstable” version.
>
> Since the first prerelease seven months have passed, people wonder
> whether 2.20.0 will happen in a few weeks, a few months or even longer
> in the future.

I should have stated originally that I am not trying to force anything 
here.  I totally understand that the developers on this project may be 
most comfortable with the approach of "we'll release it when it's ready, 
not a moment before".  Rather, I was curious if the team had a planned 
roadmap they were currently targeting, and where one could easily track 
that information.  It sounds like nothing of that sort really exists.  
This is not ideal but hardly something to stress about.

What does have impact for me is whether the next release is still many 
months out or longer.  Knowing a little bit about the schedule, I can 
more easily justify the time expense of getting a build environment set 
up to be able to run from master or some other staging branch.  I have 
no qualms of running "bleeding-edge" bits.  That said, it is always more 
convenient to be able to work from pre-built binaries, although those 
understandably take time to create and publish.

So, I apologize if I have ruffled any feathers here.

-- Aaron Hill