[Xastir] Stable Release forthcoming: Get your punches in now! (fwd)

[Curt, WE7U]

FYI (repeat).  Code-freeze tomorrow night.

> It's about time for another stable release, what with the Tigermap
> server going away, all of Jerry's work on OSM maps, and a few other
> good bug-fixes.
> 
> Schedule:
> 
> *) Wait a bit for people to get their important tweaks committed.
>    We'll shoot for Oct 3rd, midnight PST (a Sunday).
> 
> *) Enter code-freeze:  Only bug-fixes to existing code are allowed
>    (No enhancements or new features).
> 
> *) Assure the current codebase is stable.  I expect this step to
>    take a week or two.  If the general consensus is that the
>    codebase is quite stable, we'll conclude this step earlier rather
>    than later.  If multiple bug-fixes are committed during the
>    code-freeze we may extend this waiting period.
> 
> *) Push out the stable release and end the code-freeze.
> 
> If any developer has important patches nearly ready but can't make
> the Oct 3rd date, let us know and we'll revise things.
> 
> We'll most likely go with a 2.0.0 version number this time.  We're
> only allowed three letters or digits after the "APX" in the TO call
> and we're already at 1.9.9.  We _could_ bump it from 1.9.9 to 1.10.0
> and transmit "APX1A0" (A = 10 in hex) over the air, but what's the
> point?

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