[Box Backup-dev] Towards 0.11 - release candidates?

[Stuart Hickinbottom]

As it seems we're moving towards a 0.11 release (a terrific achievement 
which will be especially welcomed by those with Win32 clients, I 
expect), I was wondering about the path that's going to take.

I know a lot of testing has been going on with specific svn versions, 
but that's not a particularly clear baseline. Will we tag a specific 
version as a release candidate in Subversion and then ask people to test 
that as a candidate for release? That tagged version could be pulled in 
by folks who compile their own versions, and compiled Win32 packages of 
that version could be there for the Win32 folks to test.

How does that sound? Apologies if that's already all understood and I've 
just missed something!

Also, people will need advice for upgrading their current installations 
to 0.11 (not recommended until 0.11 comes out, I'm sure, but it would 
good to also test that migration approach if possible) - I've seen 
information floating by on new logging options which would be pertinent, 
and how people upgrade their current Windows service installation, too.

Finally (sorry - this seems to be developing into a ramble), what about 
defects found during that period? Are they to be encouraged to get a 
Trac account so they can raise tickets, or post here and then they'll be 
transferred to tickets if they're definite problems?

I'm away for the next few days, but I could probably start something off 
on the wiki if it would help, but I'd need some information on the 
approach to kickstart that.

Stuart