0.4.0 Release Plan

[jtpio]

Problem

At some point we'll want to start merging breaking changes into the main branch.

We should then start considering making a 0.4.0 release.

Proposed Solution

A new 0.4.0 milestone has been created: https://github.com/voila-dashboards/voila/milestone/7

We can add issues and PRs we would like to target for 0.4.0 to that milestone.

Additional context

We can still follow the alpha -> beta -> rc -> final cycle.

Linking to the 0.3.0 Release Plan issue for reference: #991

[jtpio]

Maybe the next "major" version should actually be a 1.0.0 instead of 0.4.0, that would include bigger changes like #846 and #984.

Voila could then make use of the full semver range for the next releases.

[jtpio]

Based on the discussions in #1206 (comment) the idea would be to make a 0.4.0 release first that includes support for ipywidgets 8: #1046

@martinRenou thinking we can get #1197 in as well, although it doesn't have to be in 0.4.0a0 but could land in another alpha release.

Just updated the milestone to keep track of the remaining issues and PRs: https://github.com/voila-dashboards/voila/milestone/7

[jtpio]

This first alpha is out: https://github.com/voila-dashboards/voila/releases/tag/v0.4.0a0

Thanks @martinRenou!

[jtpio]

A new alpha release is now available: https://github.com/voila-dashboards/voila/releases/tag/v0.4.0a2

There is no more issue in the 0.4.0 milestone except for this one: https://github.com/voila-dashboards/voila/milestone/7

We can wait a couple of days before bumping to beta. And proceed with a release candidate and final version next week.

[jtpio]

v0.4.0b0 is now out. No changes since v0.4.0a2, just the bump to beta.

The plan is to target RC and final next week if nothing comes up in the meantime.

[jtpio]

0.4.0rc0 is now released: https://github.com/voila-dashboards/voila/releases/tag/v0.4.0rc0

[trungleduc]

0.4.0rc1 is out now: https://github.com/voila-dashboards/voila/releases/tag/v0.4.0rc1

[jtpio]

Closing since 0.4.0 is now released: https://github.com/voila-dashboards/voila/releases/tag/v0.4.0

Thanks @martinRenou for making the final release!

[jtpio]

A follow-up would be to create a 0.4.x branch from 86d64bd now that #846 has been merged.

[martinRenou]

Done https://github.com/voila-dashboards/voila/tree/0.4.x ! :)