This post summarizes the dev chat meeting from July 19th (agenda, Slack archive).
4.8.1 schedule
- Access to Mission Control was lacking and delayed 4.8.1 betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. release
- Working to commit #40974, #38964, #40794 for 4.8.1 beta
- Final planned bug scrub is Thursday, July 20th 16:00 UTC / Thursday, July 20th 16:00 UTC
- Bug scrub will be focused on punting anything not headed towards a commit by Friday
- If tickets in milestone drops to zero, we will continue with the planned 4.8.1 schedule:
- RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). – Monday, July 24th (hard string freeze)
- Launch – Tuesday, August 1st
General announcements
- @grapplerulrich: Theme Review team looking for help getting traction on #14179