[pulseaudio-discuss] Next pulseaudio release?

[Tanu Kaskinen]

On Wed, 2014-08-27 at 18:49 -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> The debian release team plans to freeze the next debian release on the
> 5th of November[1]. So I think it is good to plan ahead to see if we
> might be able to carry pulseaudio 6 in Jessie or will we have to stick
> with version 5.
> 
> There is a 6.0 release bug[2] in the tracker, but it currently is only
> tracking 7 bugs, and I suspect the more important blockers for PA 6
> will be new features, which are not tracked in bugzilla. So I
> currently have no idea if the next PA release is relatively close or
> still very far away. If the next release is close, then we (debian)
> may need to start preparing for it.
> 
> So the question for debian is: When is a reasonable ballpark estimate
> for a PA 6 release? I certainly don't expect a date to be known yet.
> But if you expect PA to be released Real Soon Now, there may be a
> possibility of including PA 6 in Jessie. If the release is probably
> next year then we will have to stick with version 5.

The only thing that isn't listed in the 6.0 blockers list in the
bugzilla is the oFono patch set. My plan (which has not been agreed with
anyone else, so it's subject to discussion) has been to get that patch
set merged, fix the blocker bugs and then make the first release
candidate. From the first release candidate it has usually taken at
least a month before the final release happens. I expect the release to
happen this year, but I'm not 100% sure about that (if I get help with
the release blockers, that will make the release happen sooner). The
release might happen in time for the Debian freeze, or it might not.

-- 
Tanu