Release plans for Kallithea

[Thomas De Schampheleire]

All,

The last release of Kallithea dates back to more than a year ago, so we really
need to make a new one, or better yet, three new ones. I had a chat with Mads
and Andrew about it, and here is the proposed plan:

1. Stable release 0.3.3
First, create 0.3.3 based on the stable branch. In addition to the changes
already on stable since 0.3.2, I have selected a number of changes from the
default branch that I think should make it to 0.3.3. These changes are mostly
bug fixes but also some small generic improvements with no risk.
These proposed extra changes can be reviewed at:
https://bitbucket.org/conservancy/kallithea/pull-requests/352

2. Feature release 0.9
On the default branch there has been a lot of development since release 0.3, the
last merge from default to stable (now almost two years ago). There are the big
patch sets: migration from nose to pytest, migration from Pylons to TurboGears2,
and the ongoing migration from custom styling to Bootstrap. And obviously there
have been many other changes as well.
The plan is to finish the migration to Bootstrap and then create a 0.9 feature
release. Any problems reported on 0.9 will be fixed and lead to the long
awaited...

3. Release 1.0
As discussed recently, there are people/companies that do not consider
Kallithea an option just because the version number is still in the 0.x range.
Moreover, the renewal of the test framework (pytest), Python backend
(TurboGears2) and frontend styling (Bootstrap) is an appropriate time to mark
the 1.0 milestone.
In terms of features, the 1.0 release will be similar to the 0.9 release but
with any reported problems fixed.


Feedback welcome!

Best regards,
Thomas