[Scummvm-devel] Feature freeze. Bug hunting season is announced

[Eugene Sandulenko]

Hi team,

0.8.0 is coming. Today I announced call for testers, and we need to
tighten our belts and pull new and fresh release out.

To do that now we need to resolve some issues. I'll put them according
to priority and will keep posting updated list in follow-ups to this
message, as well I invite you to participate in discussion on
individual bug tracker items, but that's usual.

Also this means that now we should be in feature freeze mode until we
make the release.

Fortunately the lists aren't that long. Moreover some of bugs are
reported with 0.7.x and may be already fixed in CVS. Please, take a look
at your own time schedule and try to squash couple bugs if time permits.
Each bug needs to be at least discussed before it will be removed from
these lists. Once we have all games tested and show stopper bugs fixed,
we will make a release. I raised priority on all show stoppers, but feel
free to lower it if you think it is wrong.

Also if you feel that you can't fix/don't have time to do it, and still
assigned to a bugreport, please, unassign yourself, so it will be
back in the pool.

Now is the list (disputable) of bugs to fix. I split them into 2 parts
"show-stoppers" and "nice to have fixed".

Show stopper bugs
-----------------
#1314495 BASS:Game Freezes on bottom level
#1297365 ITE: Game detection is broken
#1290485 ZAK256: Non completable in post 0.7.1 versions
#1288921 SIMON2: obscure crash
#1287976 PSP: Crash at very beginning of Game (The Dig)
#1286589 SKY: Crash in the pipe factory
#1248622 MI2 (CD): game crashes when trying to scroll up inventory
#1235855 LOOM: reenter the labyrinth cave
#1212512 ALL: list.h doesn't compile with CodeWarrior
#1192991 BASS: "Invalid Mode(16)" crash/exit
#1097997 BASS: Boy and fake gardener refuse to talk / lock up

Nice to have fixed bugs
-----------------------
#1316605 DIG: some saved games crash scummvm
#1311447 PSP: MI crashes while training swordfighting
#1298180 ALL: ScummVM does not compile on Mac with MT-32 emu disabled
#1296826 COMI: No time to click while Banjo duel
#1294648 TOOLS: Error when compressing SOU with FLAC
#1276592 PSP: Save Game Issues
#1252606 ZAK: crash when trying to fly back to SF
#1251985 PALM: key bindings don't have "options menu(F5)"
#1221549 MT32emu: doesn't compile under gcc 3.4.2 / i386


Happy bug hunting.
Eugene (with a big fly flap in his hands)