Hi Sean, The plan was to have 1.7.2 in Lucid Lynx if we didn't have 1.8.0 in, and that is currently the case: http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/mixxx
What are the "important fixes" in the 1.7 branch that came after 1.7.2? Right now, our only path to getting Mixxx into Ubuntu is through Debian, and it can take upwards of a few weeks to get a new version of Mixxx into Debian. Also, the Ubuntu MOTU guys really don't like it when we ask them to do stuff right before their deadlines - I'm pretty sure I used up all our good karma with them on 1.5 and 1.6. :) Those are a few of the reasons why we plan our releases ahead of time. If you want to propose a change in the release schedule so that we get Mixxx version X into Ubuntu version Y, you have to do it well ahead of any deadlines because there's too many people involved with volatile schedules. There's so much uncertainty in how quickly things will get done (since we're all working in our spare time), that you have to leave huge flex time in our schedules. Even if there was a critical bug in 1.7.2, it's not fair to our Debian packager to be like, "Hey, Mixxx is going to crash for every DJ on Debian and Ubuntu unless YOU update the package TODAY!". Thanks, Albert On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:34 AM, Sean M. Pappalardo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone. > > According to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidReleaseSchedule it looks like > the feature freeze is scheduled for Feb. 18 (and the Debian import for > today, the 11th.) > > Since we're clearly not going to have 1.8.0 final in a week, I want to > suggest packaging 1.7.3 ASAP and getting it to the Ubuntu guys, since > 1.7.3 contains some important fixes and two new/updated MIDI controller > mappings and is otherwise the most stable Mixxx release to date. > > Would the powers that be (Adam/Albert) please make a call on this and > inform the Debian packager? > > Sincerely, > Sean M. Pappalardo > "D.J. Pegasus" > > <<--------------------------------------------------------------------------------->> > This E-Mail message has been scanned for viruses > and cleared by >>SmartMail<< from Smarter Technology, Inc. > <<--------------------------------------------------------------------------------->> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, > Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW > http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Mixxx-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Mixxx-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel
