Dev Chat Summary: July 19th (4.8.1 week 5)

This post summarizes the dev chat meeting from July 19th (agendaSlack archive).

4.8.1 schedule

  • Access to Mission Control was lacking and delayed 4.8.1 betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. release
  • Working to commit #40974, #38964, #40794 for 4.8.1 beta
  • Final planned bug scrub is Thursday, July 20th 16:00 UTC / Thursday, July 20th 16:00 UTC
  • Bug scrub will be focused on punting anything not headed towards a commit by Friday
  • If tickets in milestone drops to zero, we will continue with the planned 4.8.1 schedule:
    • 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). – Monday, July 24th (hard string freeze)
    • Launch – Tuesday, August 1st

General announcements

#4-8-1, #core, #dev-chat, #summary