[xmonad] xmonad 0.9 freeze, release schedule

[Wirt Wolff]

Excerpts from Adam Vogt's message of Thu Oct 22 18:23:14 -0600 2009:
> * On Thursday, October 22 2009, Spencer Janssen wrote:
> 
> >We're preparing the long-awaited release of xmonad 0.9!  Here's the
> >time-table:
> >
> > - Thursday, Oct 22: repository freeze
> > - Friday, Oct 23: release candidate packaged and published
> > - Sunday, Oct 25: xmonad 0.9 release
> >
> >The feature freeze takes place immediately.  Until the 0.9 release, please
> >apply only documentation, important bug fixes, and packaging changes to the
> >repositories.
> >
> >Between now and Sunday, we'll be working on a release announcement.  Please
> >reply with any important new features, bug fixes and compatibility notes that
> >you'd like to see in this announcement.
> >
> >
> >Thanks,
> >xmonad team
> 
> If we don't apply the patch described in [1] then it is very important
> to describe the addition of the ewmhDesktopsStartup for users upgrading
> from darcs.
> 
> [1] http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2009-October/008884.html
>

I've sent a patch to man/xmonad.hs adding notes to EwmhDesktops users,
see [2]. Also the notable changes page on the xmonad wiki [3] has notes
about this with example recommended solution and links to
code.haskell.org EwmhDesktops source for more detail. As soon as 0.9
haddocks go up I'll update links to point to that instead. Will also
update the config-archive page on the wiki. Ewmh breakage is discussed
at the top of the page under the "Updates that require changes in
xmonad.hs" section and also under the "Updated modules" EwmhDesktops item.

Please let me know if any of this documentation needs improvement and
ensure that these notes (or some better version) get committed to
man/xmonad.hs to be distributed with xmonad source.

thanks,

[2] http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/xmonad/2009-October/008897.html
[3] http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Notable_changes_since_0.8


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