[xmonad] New release to go with 7.10.2

[Tuncer Ayaz]

Are there any blockers that would prevent cutting a release of current
Darcs HEAD to go with the soon to be released GHC 7.10.2?

It seems many users install from Darcs anyway, so it appears
reasonable to me.

[Brandon Allbery]

Post by Tuncer Ayaz
Are there any blockers that would prevent cutting a release of current
Darcs HEAD to go with the soon to be released GHC 7.10.2?

+1

[Tuncer Ayaz]

Post by Tuncer Ayaz
Are there any blockers that would prevent cutting a release of current
Darcs HEAD to go with the soon to be released GHC 7.10.2?

+1

Bump?

[Brent Yorgey]

I'm willing to help, but not sure what the release process is/has been
recently. Is there anything that needs to happen other than just uploading
to Hackage (and perhaps bumping some version numbers)?

Relatedly, we should probably enable travis-ci builds for xmonad and
xmonad-contrib. I can probably get that set up soon.

-Brent

Post by Tuncer Ayaz
Are there any blockers that would prevent cutting a release of current
Darcs HEAD to go with the soon to be released GHC 7.10.2?

+1

Bump?
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[Brent Yorgey]

OK, travis-ci builds are now set up and the first builds are running,
though there will probably need to be some tweaks before it works well.

Post by Brent Yorgey
I'm willing to help, but not sure what the release process is/has been
recently. Is there anything that needs to happen other than just uploading
to Hackage (and perhaps bumping some version numbers)?
Relatedly, we should probably enable travis-ci builds for xmonad and
xmonad-contrib. I can probably get that set up soon.
-Brent

Post by Tuncer Ayaz
Are there any blockers that would prevent cutting a release of current
Darcs HEAD to go with the soon to be released GHC 7.10.2?

+1

Bump?
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[adam vogt]

Hi Brent,

It hasn't changed much. https://
<https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad/blob/master/TODO#L9>github.com
<https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad/blob/master/TODO#L9>/
<https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad/blob/master/TODO#L9>xmonad
<https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad/blob/master/TODO#L9>/
<https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad/blob/master/TODO#L9>xmonad
<https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad/blob/master/TODO#L9>/blob/master/TODO#L9
<https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad/blob/master/TODO#L9> is one somewhat
outdated list. I would also check it compiled with a range of ghcs and put
that in the tested-with field in the cabal files. There's a script to
update the haddocks in the xmonad-web too.

Regards,
Adam
I'm willing to help, but not sure what the release process is/has been
recently. Is there anything that needs to happen other than just uploading
to Hackage (and perhaps bumping some version numbers)?

Relatedly, we should probably enable travis-ci builds for xmonad and
xmonad-contrib. I can probably get that set up soon.

-Brent

Post by Tuncer Ayaz
Are there any blockers that would prevent cutting a release of current
Darcs HEAD to go with the soon to be released GHC 7.10.2?

+1

Bump?
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[Tuncer Ayaz]

It's been a while since the last one, so a good release announcement
with highlights would be great.

I also recall talk about updating sample config to mention use of the
Prompt module instead of dmenu. That sounds like a great thing to do.
I use shellPrompt instead of dmenu myself, and I know others use it
for SSH, man pages, window-search, password management, etc. So, we
could start by including a nice and concise sample config with the
release announcement that only needs xmobar in addition to xmonad and
xmonad-contrib and uses shellPrompt as the launcher. It's important to
use EZConfig in the example, in order to keep it short.

Also, let's collect different prompt configs and highlight those as
well.

I can assist with the release announcement, if needed.

[Tuncer Ayaz]

So, who's in charge of cutting a release and how do we coordinate
release notes with the suggested config examples? It seems there's
nobody who feels they have the ball to run with, if that makes any
sense.

I'm still willing to help out with the release announcement as needed.

[Peter Jones]

Post by Tuncer Ayaz
So, who's in charge of cutting a release and how do we coordinate
release notes with the suggested config examples? It seems there's
nobody who feels they have the ball to run with, if that makes any
sense.
I'm still willing to help out with the release announcement as needed.

I still think we need to have someone appointed as a release manager who
can coordinate getting all the pieces in place (e.g., updating docs,
etc.) and making the actual release. I previously volunteered for this
position and I stand by that.

[Brent Yorgey]

Sorry, I had offered to help but I don't really have a lot of time for it.
I did set up automated builds on travis-ci, though haven't yet figured out
how to get the xmonad-contrib build to use the git HEAD version of xmonad.
I hope to iron that out soon.

Peter, if you are willing to act as a release manager I think you should
just go for it. I am adding you to the xmonad organization on github. Let
me know how I can help.

Post by Peter Jones

Post by Tuncer Ayaz
So, who's in charge of cutting a release and how do we coordinate
release notes with the suggested config examples? It seems there's
nobody who feels they have the ball to run with, if that makes any
sense.
I'm still willing to help out with the release announcement as needed.

I still think we need to have someone appointed as a release manager who
can coordinate getting all the pieces in place (e.g., updating docs,
etc.) and making the actual release. I previously volunteered for this
position and I stand by that.
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[Peter Jones]

Post by Brent Yorgey
Peter, if you are willing to act as a release manager I think you should
just go for it. I am adding you to the xmonad organization on github. Let
me know how I can help.

Sounds great.

I'll start working through the release management section of the TODO
file tomorrow. Once I'm ready, I'll ask for help from people that have
the appropriate credentials to update resources such as xmonad.org, IRC,
hackage, etc.

[Tuncer Ayaz]

Post by Peter Jones

Post by Brent Yorgey
Peter, if you are willing to act as a release manager I think you
should just go for it. I am adding you to the xmonad organization
on github. Let me know how I can help.

Sounds great.
I'll start working through the release management section of the
TODO file tomorrow. Once I'm ready, I'll ask for help from people
that have the appropriate credentials to update resources such as
xmonad.org, IRC, hackage, etc.

Excellent!

Besides more prominently advertising the use of the built-in prompt
modules (e.g. as a dmenu replacement), what else should be highlighted
in the release notes? It's been a while since the last release, and I
surely don't remember all things worth a mention. So, let's collect
noteworthy items.

[Peter Jones]

Post by Tuncer Ayaz
Besides more prominently advertising the use of the built-in prompt
modules (e.g. as a dmenu replacement), what else should be highlighted
in the release notes? It's been a while since the last release, and I
surely don't remember all things worth a mention. So, let's collect
noteworthy items.

Tuncer, please take a look at what I have so far and let me know how you
want to prominently display the use of Prompt:

https://github.com/pjones/xmonad-contrib/blob/release-0.12/CHANGES.md

[Tuncer Ayaz]

Post by Peter Jones

Post by Tuncer Ayaz
Besides more prominently advertising the use of the built-in
prompt modules (e.g. as a dmenu replacement), what else should be
highlighted in the release notes? It's been a while since the last
release, and I surely don't remember all things worth a mention.
So, let's collect noteworthy items.

Tuncer, please take a look at what I have so far and let me know how
https://github.com/pjones/xmonad-contrib/blob/release-0.12/CHANGES.md

Nice, that looks comprehensive. Given all the other config
enhancements, the best way to promote use of the prompt module(s) is a
short sample config to include in the release notes. It should use the
new config features and XMonad.Prompt.Shell in place of dmenu for M-p.

[Peter Jones]

Post by Brent Yorgey
Peter, if you are willing to act as a release manager I think you should
just go for it. I am adding you to the xmonad organization on github. Let
me know how I can help.

I think we'll need a "team" configured on Github to grant write access
to at least the xmonad and xmonad-contrib repositories. At the very
least I'd like to be able to change the .cabal file and tag releases.

Thanks.