[scummvm-devel] ScummVM 2.6.0: Release branching upcoming

[Lothar Serra Mari]

Hi all,

this is a status update regarding our current release cycle aiming
towards ScummVM 2.6.0.

As a reminder, this is the current release schedule:

    June 05 (Today): Release branch (branch-2-6) created from master,
master unfrozen
    June 05 (Today): Public testing announcement
    July 08 (Friday): Hard-freeze of branch-2-6, allowing only emergency
bugfixes
    July 16 (Saturday): Final branch 2-6-0 created, *release tagged*,
porters start submitting builds
    August 01 (Monday): Public release

We'll create the release branch called "branch-2-6" this evening at
around 19:00 UTC+2. Once the branch is created, I'll send a quick
notification via this list. Eventually, branch-2-6 will evolve into
ScummVM 2.6.0, so all changes that are /not/ committed into branch-2-6
won't make it into the next stable release.

This means that in general focus should be towardings fixing any bugs.
All bugfixes have to be done in the /master/ branch and then
cherry-picked into /branch-2-6/. Please be careful when cherry-picking
into the release branch since we'd like to avoid any new regressions.
Also, please be careful to only backport bugfixes. Any new features (or
even engines) are *not allowed* to be cherry-picked into the release branch.

After we announced that the /master/ branch is unfrozen, the master
branch itself is open for any new additions. I recommend devs of
existing/stable engines to shift their focus toward bugfixing though and
to lower priority for new features.

Speaking of bugs: I'm happy to announce that our devs were able to fix
the blocking issues I mentioned in my last mail. Since we still have 27
open tickets in the release scope, please try to help reducing the
number of total bugs in our bugtracker.

An updated list with open bugs in release scope is available at
https://bugs.scummvm.org/report/17?sort=summary&asc=1 .

*Blocker:
*none

*Nice to get fixed (various subsystems):
*    #12719     BACKENDS: 3DS: ScummVM is crashing on startup in Pajama3
    #11753     BACKENDS: ANDROID (10+ / API 29+) - external storage is
no longer browsable
    #12329     BACKENDS: IOS: MP3 playback failing, libmad writing out
of bounds
    #12032     BACKENDS: SDL: cursor drifting for game controller
    #12775     BASE: The -g / --gfx-mode command-line option still
handles the old scaler names
    #13470     COMMON: Data format issues when reading and writing
doubles from file streams
    #11244     CLOUD: Crash when loading a save from the launcher
    #13499     GUI: Launcher loses the selected game in a filtered games
list after game options
    #11500     GUI: Pressing escape in the GTK file chooser sometimes
closes ScummVM
    #13541     GUI: Save list errors with
"ListWidget::drawFormattedText(): Malformatted \\001C color"*

Nice to get fixed (engines):
*    #13527     AGOS: MIDI setControllerDefault() crash with
SIMON1-FLOPPY if MT_FM.IBK is missing
    #13417     AGS: Can't start a games on BIG-Endian/AmigaOS4 : Unalbe
to load the room file 'room74.crm'.
    #13348     AGS: QFG2VGA screenshots show chosen elements only
    #13512     AGS: Segfault on quitting a game
    #13344     AGS: Several animation issues in Chzo mythos special
edition games
    #13377     AGS: lamplightcity (Lamplight City) crash while Adelaide
is speaking to Charlotte Robineaux
    #11529     CRUISE: Cut-scenes happen too quickly and dialogue cannot
be read
    #11644     DRAGONS: Splash screen font background too visible
    #13227     MYST3: Crash in Voltaic Age - DVD Variant
    #13442     PARALLACTION: Nippon - Donna vanishing when in disguise
    #11985     PETKA: ScummVM doesn't identify the retail 3 CD version
of Red Comrades 1
    #13166     TWINE: Black and white palette
    #13177     TWINE: Tank is stuck
    #12085     TWINE: depth sorting issue for doors
    #12074     TWINE: rendering of the holomap is broken
    #13381     ULTIMA: Elevator in level 1 does not work in Crusader: No
Remorse
    #11483     ZVISION: ZGI: Music broke*

*Lothar*
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-- 
Lothar Serra Mari
ScummVM Co-Lead
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