Dev Chat Summary: January 4th (4.7.1 week 4)

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This post summarizes the dev chat meeting from January 4th (agenda, Slack archive).

Schedule

4.7.1 will be led by @aaroncampbell with RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). on Friday, January 6th [updated since actual dev chat]
4.7.1 release is scheduled for Wednesday, January 11th [updated since actual dev chat]
Minor Release process reference
No string changes as part of 4.7.1
Bug scrubs setup for post-dev chat and again on Thursday, January 5th 12:30pm CST

2017 Release Schedule

no update on the “new release schedule”, so for now it will be process as usual

#4-7-1, #core, #dev-chat, #summary

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Communication

Schedule

2017 Release Schedule

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