[TYPO3-v4] 4.5beta4 will be released on Wednesday instead of RC1

[Ernesto Baschny [cron IT]]

Hi,

to make the announcement official (it has already been announced through
the minutes):

Today on the release teams meeting we decided to release a last beta
(beta4) on Wednesday instead of the planned RC1.

The original plan was to release 4.5 RC1 this week, potentially a RC2 in
the week to follow and 4.5.0 on 26th January.

In the development of all new features we have seen a leap forward in
reaching a stable product since beta1. The goal is to release a very
stable 4.5.0 at the end. The list of open issues is continually
decreasing, but we will still have some known open issues this
Wednesday, which is why we cannot call this release a "release candidate".

The change means that the release plan is now the following:

    * 4.5 beta4: 12.01.2011
    * 4.5 RC1: 19.01.2011
    * 4.5.0 Final: 26.01.2011

Beta4 will also finally mark the end of the work done on the labels, so
that the translations can be done after the translation server upgraded
to beta4. Regardless of that, the German and Dutch translations are
almost done, and the French and other important languages will follow
shortly afterwards. Work on translations can continue even after the
release, as the translations are not shipped with the core but fetched
from the translation server on demand.

We invite you to participate on these last steps. There is a rewarding
feeling of making this long term support release the best release ever.
Having participated in getting it done will definitively make you feel good.

If that is not enough, we also still have some money to get some payed
man-power working on certain critical areas. If you have time, but need
money and have an "itch" that is scratching in the current 4.5
development, get in touch with the release team (Ernesto or Steffen) to
help finding a solution (be it testing, reviewing or fixing bugs).


This news has also been posted on:

*
http://news.typo3.org/news/article/45beta4-will-be-released-on-wednesday-instead-of-rc1/
* http://forge.typo3.org/news/395
* Twitter (using the new official hash-tag => #typo3lts)

Cheers,
Ernesto