[Cython] Cython 0.17 final released

[Stefan Behnel]

Robert Bradshaw, 02.09.2012 09:17:
> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 11:49 PM, Stefan Behnel wrote:
>> Robert Bradshaw, 02.09.2012 06:05:
>>> I know this was brought up a couple of months ago, but we seem to be
>>> falling into a pattern of thinking about doing a bugfix release, then
>>> saying a full release is around the corner anyways, and then not
>>> actually getting it out for quite a while. I propose we start an
>>> actual bugfix branch from which we can cut minor releases at (nearly)
>>> any time, and certainly with much less hassle. Thoughts?
>>
>> +1, I'll push the master into the release branch and update the master
>> version to 0.18a0.
> 
> Perhaps we should use the -pre or -post or -dev marker, as it's not
> really a marked alpha per say?

Right, it's not going to be used in a release, so we don't need it to be
parsable. "0.18-pre" it is then.


> What about making a 0.17 branch, on which we can do 0.17.1, etc. if
> necessary. I don't think we're to the point of needing to backport our
> bugfixes to previous releases, but that will make things clearer. When
> the 0.18 series is ready, we can make a new branch and work on the
> release from there (possibly merging in master frequently, but not as
> a requirement). Alternatively name it bugfix and let it be regularly
> merged into main, but we can cut minor releases from it. (Release is a
> bit ambiguous as to its relationship to the other branches).

Ok, "0.17" then.

Stefan