Re: syntax changes before beta version

[Graham Percival]

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:11:41 +0200
John Mandereau <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 2008/07/11 17:18 -0700, Graham Percival wrote:
> > I really think we should announce a beta version ahead of 2.12, but
> > we can't do this until we're certain all the syntax is taken care
> > of.
> 
> Agreed; I wish we could announce the beta after we have switched to
> texi2html on master, but this is currently no more a reasonable
> option, this switch may be delayed until just before 2.12.

That sucks.  What's the current hold-up?

> BTW how should we announce GDP changes for the beta release?  I *will*
> mention them anyway, because they take a so great place in recent
> development that they can't remain silent any more.  For example, what
> about announcing state of docs sections (finished, public draft, in
> progress...)?

Umm... you mean like the bottom of
http://web.uvic.ca/~gperciva/
?

We'll stress the doc updates in the 2.12 announce message, of
course.

Cheers,
- Graham