FLTK 1.4.2 Release Schedule

[Albrecht Schlosser]

Dear FLTK developers,

I'd like to release FLTK 1.4.2 very soon now, i.e. tomorrow (Feb. 21) at or after 4 pm CET (3 pm UTC).

Please let me know if there's anything you're working on that should be part of release 1.4.2 until tomorrow (Feb. 21) at 2 pm UTC (3 pm CET, 6 am PST). I apologize for the short time frame, but I believe it's overdue and really urgent now to release 1.4.2.

If I don't get replies with valid reasons to postpone 1.4.2 I'll release it tomorrow after 4 pm CET.

Note that I don't see the latest issues (#1208, #1209) critical for this release. I hope that #1207 will be fixed tomorrow by Manolo (otherwise I could push the suggested patch before release).

Bundled image libraries will not be updated in this release, no matter if there are newer versions available.

Background:

This release (1.4.2) is intended to be included in the next Debian Stable release (aka Debian 13, aka Trixie). Trixie's release "Milestone 1 - Transition and Toolchain Freeze" has been announced for March 15, 2025. Releasing FLTK 1.4.2 tomorrow should give Aaron, the Debian/FLTK maintainer, enough time (about three weeks) to prepare FLTK 1.4.2 for release in Debian Trixie.

Trixie is supposed to be released in June or July 2025. Note that Debian's "Stable" releases are only every two years, that's why it is so important to get FLTK 1.4 into it. Other Linux distributions that are based on Debian will hopefully follow then...

If there are later bug reports we can still apply patches or make another release, but then there's no guarantee that it will be accepted for Debian Trixie - although Aaron wrote us that he can still update FLTK packages after the "Transition and Toolchain Freeze". However, I wouldn't want to rely on this.

FYI: FLTK 1.3.11 (or 1.3.12, yet to be released) will also be part of Debian Trixie. FLTK 1.1 will no longer be supported by Debian - it's still available in the current Debian Stable (12, Bookworm).

I hope you all agree and we can release 1.4.2 tomorrow. Again, sorry for the short delay.

Albrecht

[Albrecht Schlosser]

Sorry, guys

Release 1.4.2 is currently blocked by GitHub Issue #1210 !

"Wayland: resizing window may crash the program (Issue #1210)"
https://github.com/fltk/fltk/issues/1210

I discovered this serious bug while testing the release. :-(

@Manolo: Do you believe it's possible to fix this bug quickly?

I'll go on to prepare the announcement and CHANGES.txt to be ready to release as soon as this issue is fixed (unless other bugs appear).

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[Albrecht Schlosser]

Update:

- Issue #1210 has been fixed and does no longer block the release.
- I checked the ABI with result: 100% compatible
- There's a new issue (#1211) that should be investigated but is IMHO not a show stopper. However, if it could be fixed (there's a patch suggestion) this would be great. Note that I'm not going to do this, someone else should take it.

I'll continue tomorrow with my release work.

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[Albrecht Schlosser]

Release 1.4.2 done today (Feb. 23, 2025)

https://www.fltk.org/articles.php?L1972
https://github.com/fltk/fltk/releases/tag/release-1.4.2

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