TLDR: 8.2.0 with GSoC 2021 work (single window, Jupyter, parallel modules) is scheduled for April 5.
Action items: For PRs, merge now or move the milestone to 8.4.0. For issues, create a new PR now or move to 8.4.0.
Dear all,
We are entering a preparation phase for 8.2 release. (As you may or may not know, we are currently skipping odd minor numbers because they are used to make the development version, so there is no 8.1 release.)
On a couple occasions, we discussed that the 8.2 release contains the GSoC 2021 work, i.e., the release will contain Linda’s single window, Caitlin’s grass.jupyter, and Aaron’s parallelized modules.
Unfortunately, I can’t find this in PSC minutes or elsewhere perhaps because the main discussion happened in the Birthday call. We also lack a formalized roadmap, release schedule [1], and release procedure [2] is a draft. However, the current state and plan are well represented in the GitHub milestone [3].
Because 8.2 is a “GSoC 2021” release, the plan is to release it on April 5th before GSoC 2022 starts. Now, it’s time to finish and merge any PRs which are almost done. For PRs which are not ready to be merged, move them to the 8.4.0 milestone. Similarly, for issues, resolve them now or move them to 8.4.0.
Importantly, there is no need for 8.2.0 to contain anything else except what is already on main plus the GSoC 2021 work because the plan is that 8.2 is whatever 8.0 is plus an experimental version of single window, grass.jupyter, and most of the newly parallelized modules.
Best,
Vaclav
[1] https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/RFC/4_ReleaseProcedure
[2] https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/Schedule
[3] https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/milestone/8