Feature freeze is over - FreeCAD 0.20 was released
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Feature freeze is over - FreeCAD 0.20 was released
Dear FreeCAD contributors, translators and testers,
we are pleased to announce the upcoming release of FreeCAD 0.20. After one year of development and many exciting new features: https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Release_notes_0.20
it is time to finalize a release.
Many thanks to everybody who contributed with bugfixes, new features, translations, documentation, by providing builds, maintaining GitHub and the forum!
It is a pleasure that we have such an active community.
In order to get the release stable, there will be a feature freeze taking effect at
Friday, March 4, 12:00 UTC
What will be submitted before as PR and passed the CI compilation and tests, can be considered to go in for FreeCAD 0.20.
Please be aware that not all pending PRs will go in - the mergers will decide this.
To make the release happen soon, we need your help:
Dear contributors:
- please take some time and check how well your feature is documented. You know how it is - undocumented features will be unknown and thus unused features.
Dear testers:
- There will be release testing builds about one week after the feature freeze so that you can test FreeCAD 0.20 without the need to compile it by yourself. Depending on what bugs might occur, further builds will be made available.
- Please report every issue you find in current master to the forum. When the issue could be verified, an issue in GitHub can be opened. Issues without prior forum discussion cannot be considered.
Dear translators:
- please have a look at the latest Crowdin files and update or add translations.
(For new translators: how to translate FreeCAD is explained here: https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Localisation)
FreeCAD 0.20 will purposely not have the toponaming PRs in. We (including realthunder) have setup a way how to incorporate these PRs to FreeCAD for the next major release after FreeCAD 0.20. There will be a further announcement about toponaming before the release of FreeCAD 0.20.
many thanks on behalf of the FreeCAD core developers
Uwe
we are pleased to announce the upcoming release of FreeCAD 0.20. After one year of development and many exciting new features: https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Release_notes_0.20
it is time to finalize a release.
Many thanks to everybody who contributed with bugfixes, new features, translations, documentation, by providing builds, maintaining GitHub and the forum!
It is a pleasure that we have such an active community.
In order to get the release stable, there will be a feature freeze taking effect at
Friday, March 4, 12:00 UTC
What will be submitted before as PR and passed the CI compilation and tests, can be considered to go in for FreeCAD 0.20.
Please be aware that not all pending PRs will go in - the mergers will decide this.
To make the release happen soon, we need your help:
Dear contributors:
- please take some time and check how well your feature is documented. You know how it is - undocumented features will be unknown and thus unused features.
Dear testers:
- There will be release testing builds about one week after the feature freeze so that you can test FreeCAD 0.20 without the need to compile it by yourself. Depending on what bugs might occur, further builds will be made available.
- Please report every issue you find in current master to the forum. When the issue could be verified, an issue in GitHub can be opened. Issues without prior forum discussion cannot be considered.
Dear translators:
- please have a look at the latest Crowdin files and update or add translations.
(For new translators: how to translate FreeCAD is explained here: https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Localisation)
FreeCAD 0.20 will purposely not have the toponaming PRs in. We (including realthunder) have setup a way how to incorporate these PRs to FreeCAD for the next major release after FreeCAD 0.20. There will be a further announcement about toponaming before the release of FreeCAD 0.20.
many thanks on behalf of the FreeCAD core developers
Uwe
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- adrianinsaval
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Re: [announcement] FreeCAD 0.20 will be released soon - time for a feature freeze
Good, thanks to everyone for their hard work to make this great software!!
Glad to hear there's plan adjustment going on with TN stuff, hopefully we'll see progress in that front soon.
Glad to hear there's plan adjustment going on with TN stuff, hopefully we'll see progress in that front soon.
Re: [announcement] FreeCAD 0.20 will be released soon - time for a feature freeze
Hello,
I just have one comment regarding name version 0.20 or 0.2 or 0.17. When I promote this software in my design areas - work / job partners / friends they think: "hmm 0.12, 0,15 - probably some super alfa version with thousand bugs". Maybe it will be better for promotion this fantastic software and fantastic work of developer/testers name it: "Freecad 2022". Next revision from summer 2022.2 from September 2022.3?
.... even change only on top bar (picture 1) and in start (picture 2) and website (picture 3). Just for good promotion / marketing - without changing everything in git.
Have nice weekend
Marcin
I just have one comment regarding name version 0.20 or 0.2 or 0.17. When I promote this software in my design areas - work / job partners / friends they think: "hmm 0.12, 0,15 - probably some super alfa version with thousand bugs". Maybe it will be better for promotion this fantastic software and fantastic work of developer/testers name it: "Freecad 2022". Next revision from summer 2022.2 from September 2022.3?
.... even change only on top bar (picture 1) and in start (picture 2) and website (picture 3). Just for good promotion / marketing - without changing everything in git.
Have nice weekend
Marcin
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Re: [announcement] FreeCAD 0.20 will be released soon - time for a feature freeze
I know its unlikely to change, but I actually really like the idea of release versioning like that. Probably a topic for its own thread in the open discussion forum though rather than here.
Back on topic, great to hear the plan and reviewing the tentative release notes serves as a reminder of all of the changes and hard work that have gone on over the last year. Outstanding work team!
Back on topic, great to hear the plan and reviewing the tentative release notes serves as a reminder of all of the changes and hard work that have gone on over the last year. Outstanding work team!
Re: [announcement] FreeCAD 0.20 will be released soon - time for a feature freeze
I like the idea to put release date, it denotes active development at first sight .
- adrianinsaval
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Re: [announcement] FreeCAD 0.20 will be released soon - time for a feature freeze
how about the splash screen? time to make a forum topic to choose one?
Regarding version numbering, that discussions comes up with every release it seems, unless our core guys say they're willing to change it if the community feels like it, is not worth pursuing IMO, heated discussions led to nothing in the past.
Regarding version numbering, that discussions comes up with every release it seems, unless our core guys say they're willing to change it if the community feels like it, is not worth pursuing IMO, heated discussions led to nothing in the past.
Re: [announcement] FreeCAD 0.20 will be released soon - time for a feature freeze
Yorik will be posting a request for a new Splashscreen and About Box graphic shortly.
Re: [announcement] FreeCAD 0.20 will be released soon - time for a feature freeze
As @chennes mentioned in a PM this seems like a good place to discuss a bit of a change in the logo: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 60#p548931. This suggested design maintains the F-gear motif while making the logo look more appealing and professional.
If the creator @Misacsnk is available to provide the proper licenses and any further changes I propose we incorporate it in 0.20.
If the creator @Misacsnk is available to provide the proper licenses and any further changes I propose we incorporate it in 0.20.
Re: [announcement] FreeCAD 0.20 will be released soon - time for a feature freeze
We discussed this. FreeCAD will stay in the scheme 0.x until Toponaming is fixed. When this is done, the next release will be FreeCAD 1.0.
- adrianinsaval
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Re: [announcement] FreeCAD 0.20 will be released soon - time for a feature freeze
Ok, that sounds perfect to me, I take it it was a group decision? The matter is settled then, good to know.
Logo change is probably more controversial, perhaps the mythical 1.0 release is a better moment to make a logo change. IMO a properly organized voting should be done for this one, with some sort of criteria for admission (proper format like svg and not just png or proprietary adobe formats, maybe it must be also created on freecad as sliptonic suggested once, proper license for the logo). There might not be enough time to make a good logo contest for this version.