Prepare for stable release mc-4.8.1.6

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Important

This issue was migrated from Trac:

Origin	https://midnight-commander.org/ticket/2887
Reporter	slavazanko (@slavaz)

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Changed by slavazanko (@slavaz) on Sep 14, 2012 at 10:48 UTC (comment 1)

We have a big issue with tab spaces in mceditor and this is a reason for early release.

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Changed by slavazanko (@slavaz) on Sep 14, 2012 at 11:40 UTC (comment 2)

• Branch state changed from no branch to on review
• Milestone changed from Future Releases to 4.8
• Type changed from enhancement to task
• Status changed from new to accepted
• Owner set to slavazanko
• Version changed from master to 4.8.1.5
• Component changed from mc-core to adm

for stable: search tickets with 'stable-candidate' keyword and in 'testing' stage

no these tickets found

download translations from Transifex.net

done

Create new NEWS wiki-page for next version with empty template.

done

Add content of current NEWS wiki-page to the doc/NEWS file in GIT-repo.

done

create new tag in git

done

new version in Trac

done

new milestone in Trac (not needed for stable branch);

not needed

create tar.(bz2|xz) package files

done

make checksums for archives

done

upload source packages and checksums to the special upload area

done

developers should download tarballs, verify checksums, compile and locally install. If everything is ok than developers keep votes in ticket

need your votes here.

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Changed by andrew_b (@aborodin) on Sep 14, 2012 at 11:47 UTC (comment 3)

• Votes set to andrew_b

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Changed by angel_il (@ilia-maslakov) on Sep 14, 2012 at 12:54 UTC (comment 4)

• Votes changed from andrew_b to andrew_b angel_il

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Changed by slavazanko (@slavaz) on Sep 14, 2012 at 13:12 UTC (comment 5)

• Resolution set to fixed
• Votes changed from andrew_b angel_il to completed
• Status changed from accepted to testing
• Branch state changed from on review to no branch

upload source packages and checksums to http://www.midnight-commander.org/downloads

done

update Wiki start page with latest release number

done

write an announcement: list user visible changes (bugs and features)

done

close current milestone (no needed for stable branch)

not needed

create new ticket (type=task, component=adm) for the next release

done

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Changed by slavazanko (@slavaz) on Sep 14, 2012 at 13:13 UTC (comment 6)

• Status changed from testing to closed