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Timeline

12th March 2018 - RM for 2.3.0 announced (James)
~~12th May 2018 - Mid term Beta~~ CANCELLED
12th June - Bigger new features from here on typically should be held over for 2.3.1.
- Exceptions to above, by arrangement/discussion.
More bugfixing
P1 bugs and certain P2 bugs can delay string freeze. See live counts below.

P2 (1)	1
total	1

We are past the bugs that blocked us from going into string freeze.
27th August - String Freeze
As of 31st August, continuing to find must-fix bugs.
15th September - Code Freeze
29th September - Released
<--- We are here

Release Process has a checklist showing progress close to release at a finer granularity.

Milestone work

using wxWidgets 3.1.1 (unpatched) on Windows.
using wxWidgets 3.1.1 (unpatched) on Linux.
using wxWidgets 3.1.1 (patched) on Mac.

MILESTONE wx transition. (needs to be before mid term beta)

tidy up mod-xxx building on Windows
tidy up mod-xxx building on Linux
tidy up mod-script-pipe building on Mac.

MILESTONE mod-xxx 'mainstream' (needs to be before mid term beta)

Misc 'under the hood' work

AppVeyor builds.
CMake proof of concept for Windows Debug.
Alternatives to 3.0.2 Windows patches, where needed.
Fix up Linux bugs caused by wx migration (e.g. Toolbar resizing).
Fix many compiler warnings on Mac

Requests to the RM

This is a place for requests to the RM for this release:

Please review the Wording page. <--
Please change some defaults:
- Please hide the Scrub Ruler by default
- Please turn overdubbing "off" by default - see ToDo: Unstick 'Stuck In a Mode'
- Please turn "Type to create a label" to be "off" by default - see ToDo: Unstick 'Stuck In a Mode'

Libs etc

Current plan is:

Upgrade to wxWidgets 3.1.1. This also copper-fastens discontinuation of Mac 10.6 (aka snow leopard) for 2.3.0 onwards.
Upgrade MSVC to 2017.
(aspirational) Upgrade to latest xcodebuild on mac, but target 10.7+
(aspirational) Compile as 64 bit.
Upgrades to other libs (libsoxr already done).

Mini Checklist

Play at speed.
Resizable Toolbars (and default sizes not ragged)
Mw2html upgraded to https
LUFS UI acceptable
Ditch C++ menu-generation, and generate using WIT. Fix hotspot locations and fix grey-clipping for off-screen.
Amazing Image Map up-to-date, Tooldock Image WITified, Remaining Annotated Toolbars hot-spotted.
WITification of mini-table in Keyboard Shortcut Reference.
Wild guess at Bug 42 (Timer Record fails to stop) bugfix, and feedback.
Get confirmation that Bug 1226 (Antivirus stops writes) is OK.
Reinstate AUD-DO for Nyquist
Implement ";type tool" option in Nyquist.
Remove Nyquist Effects Prompt (just use the one in tools).
Installer requires an update to take account of MSVC 2017 run time (probably).

Planned Release Announcement Text

Audacity 2.3.0 replaces all previous versions.

Over 90 bugs fixed since 2.2.2.
- Includes fixes to Timer Record, and to 'Envelope Points'.
- Peter 12Sep18: surely more than 100 by now ... ?
New feature - "Punch and Roll Recording".
Toolbars controlling volume and speed can now be resized for greater precision.
Play-at-speed now can be adjusted whilst playing.
Option to 'normalize by loudness' in normalize effect.
Macros (formerly 'Chains') substantially extended.
Pinned-play-head can now be repositioned by dragging.

Full details at New Features in 2.3.0

Headline Features

TBA

W.I.P. Features intended for 2.3.0

TBA

Headline Features (held over)

Take these with a big grain of salt... they could be vapourware.

Export Multiple - More flexibility in automatic naming.
Implement and document Export2 scripting command, adding the export options.
Implement and document Next command.
Implement Automatic Names.

Operating system support

TBA if we move past 10.6 on Mac, this will have implications for Mac support

Won't be reported on

These were some pieces of work done that won't be reported on in the release announcement.

TBA

Build/Infrastructure

RM's list

Patches to wxWidgets need to be better documented. What is each patch for? Need to be applied to our GitHub copy of wxWidgets too.
- Update workarounds for wxWidgets page, and track any reports back via wxWidgets Trac.
- Linux ASSERT Issues Not addressed yet to a safe level. We need code to guarantee we are building with patched wxWidgets under linux, I think.
- Pulse Audio issue leads to plan to keep sound card steams open.
Build instructions on Wiki must be brought up to date.

So is the Manual Release Ready?

This page lists pages that refer to 'ToDo-1' in the manual.

Manual team now maintain a div with the manual status on it on the front page.
Manual team also maintain a Clean-up Plan for dealing with P1s and critical P2s

So is the Code Release Ready?

This query shows us possibly problematic P1 and P2 bugs right now. If there is a P1 in there, the answer is 'NO'. The P2s need closer examination, and RM may decide that one or more of them block release, even at the last moment. The PXs (if any) might possibly be P1s - so we need to know about them.

ID	P	Status	Summary	ID
2734	P2	DEVEL - FIX MADE	Apply macro may not create the macro-output folder in the source directory	2734

Bugs Addressed in this Release

There are lots of tables here with information about work done on bugs for this version.

These bugs and fixes probably won't be reported on individually. However we should report on the P2s that we have fixed and summarise the general trend.

The next few table-descriptions are no longer true, as the 'Closed' date is not reliable. We can re-instate these tables for 2.3.1.

==Updated in this Release==

These are bugs which we knew about before we started on this version, and have updated, and that are now DEVEL-FIXED or better.  Often that will mean we DEVEL-FIXed them for this release.

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===Longstanding Bugs swatted===

These are low numbered bugs from the table above that were dealt with in this release.

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==Quick-Fix attempted for this version==

These are bugs which we learned about during work on this version, and have attempted to fix.  See status to see if we were successful. 

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==Quick-Fixed in this version==

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NEW in this version

These are new bugs which we learned about during work on this version.

ID	P	Status	Summary (18 tasks) ⇒	ID
2201	P3	NEW	Linux: Audacity does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification	2201
2147	P4	NEW	Built-in effects fail on comma decimal separator	2147
1961	P4	NEW	Linux: No icon for Audacity in dock	1961
1922	P4	NEW	Time track points outside loop play interval wrongly influence the play indicator	1922
2197	P4	NEW	When Play-at-Speed is active the Scrub play button is shown depressed	2197
2042	P4	NEW	Some plug-ins show "Debug" buttons	2042
1939	P4	NEW	Scrubbing jitters when moving window	1939
2202	P4	NEW	Sync-lock not honored on paste	2202
2104	P4	NEW	Mac: keyboard navigation of radio buttons	2104
1956	P4	NEW	Windows: MME and WDS playback cursor is buffer length ahead of actual audio playing	1956
1909	P4	NEW	Our custom slider has themed background, even used in a dialog	1909
2196	P4	NEW	Linux: Label editor: after it closes, focus is shifted to the Device Toolbar	2196
2006	P4	NEW	Random failed assert during playback with time tracks	2006
1929	P4	NEW	VST Instruments and VST3 Effects listed in Plug-in Manager but cannot be enabled	1929
2094	P4	NEW	Linux/Mac: Incorrect rewind on Play	2094
1954	P4	NEW	Clicks may occur starting/pausing Play-at-Speed or Scrubbing	1954
1862	P4	NEW	Incorrect frequency displayed in spectrogram view (infrasound)	1862
2266	P4	NEW	Audio track view types are reset to default on project re-opening	2266

Below the Fold

Notes that are relevant to next release.

WIBN stands for 'Wouldn't It Be Nice'

We are often overoptimistic about what can be achieved for the next release. The WIBN lists are things we thought might make it to the next release.

Some longer term (but still short term) aspirations have moved to:

Wish List

Enabled / Disabled

This is current status/plan:

WDM-KS out (considering a module, but not for 2.3.1 needs work on test support)