Roadmap toward 0.17 Release

[Kunda1]

Currently the FC roadmap for 0.17 is at https://freecadweb.org/tracker/roadmap_page.php
The release date shows 2017-05-31 (we should update that)

This thread, I humbly suggest we use to understand what tickets are relevant for the 0.17 release and which should be bumped to 0.18. Thanks to @kkremitzki we now have the ability to mark tickets for 0.18

Other questions:
What are other issue blocking the 0.17 release?
What dependencies do we want 0.17 to use? For example do we want OCC 7.1 or should we shoot for 7.2 ?

Thoughts?

EDIT:
Pending 0.17 issues:
issue #2973 -> Forum thread: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=25217

[chrisb]

do we want OCC 7.1 or should we shoot for 7.2 ?

If 7.2 would not mean a significant delay go for it, otherwise let's stay with 7.1, it is already an improvement and it seems to work stable with 0.17.

[kkremitzki]

I have been working on getting OCC 7.2 into the PPA but it's slow going because I'm new to Debian packaging and it's quite complex, although I don't think it has any explicit blockers.

The main objective I've been researching is making sure 0.17 gets into Ubuntu 18.04, which means it needs to be in Debian Unstable by March 1st. However, I believe it would need to be the Qt5/PySide2 version there (https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/freecad) so that kinda complicates things without a PySide2 release.

I think for Ubuntu 16.04 a release could more or less be done by moving stuff from the daily PPA to the stable PPA. I don't use 14.04 so I'm not sure on that front.

I can't speak for release readiness on Windows/Mac either so if someone wants to chime please do.

[DeepSOIC]

Some bugs that ought to be solved, IMO (PartDesign):

issue #0003061: "Move object after other object" function causes chaos postponed to 0.18
issue #0003065: Part::checkIntersection returns false negatives preventing functioning of PDN Mirror transformation when faces just touch (abdullah)
issue #0003149: Duplicate body creates a mess (ickby)
issue #0003186: Reference select dialog needs to be reworked (ickby)
issue #0003150: App::Part: Delete and undo bugs (ickby)

[wmayer]

IMO, all features with target 0.17 should be postponed to 0.18 (or later). We should concentrate on the bugs.

[Kunda1]

IMO, all features with target 0.17 should be postponed to 0.18 (or later). We should concentrate on the bugs.

@wmayer I'll be happy to do that if there is an agreement to do so.

[chrisb]

IMO, all features with target 0.17 should be postponed to 0.18 (or later). We should concentrate on the bugs.

Seeing issue #3061 mentioned by DeepSOIC: I would even go further. If a bug is related to a feature that can be postponed to 0.18 and the feature can temporarily be disabled we should postpone the whole issue to 0.18.

[DeepSOIC]

Seeing issue #3061 mentioned by DeepSOIC:

BTW, I just reviewed the bug, and left a comment in tracker. This is less of a bug than I initially thought, quite a bit of it is intended behavior.

[Kunda1]

Seeing issue #3061 mentioned by DeepSOIC:

BTW, I just reviewed the bug, and left a comment in tracker. This is less of a bug than I initially thought, quite a bit of it is intended behavior.

bumped to 0.18

[Kunda1]

any other devs want to weigh in on this thread?

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