Release notes / R1 Beta 1

[kallisti5]

Release notes need to be created for R1 Beta 1 when we get close to a release.

We'll also track known issues here to be included in the release notes.

[pulkomandy]

There is already a draft: https://dev.haiku-os.org/wiki/R1/Beta1/ReleaseNotes

Needs updates from time to time.

[bruno]

Release notes need to be created for R1 would be better... Since I think there will be no Beta needed because there ist Pkgman the package manager doing the work? Isnt it?

[pulkomandy]

The release process defined in Haiku is:

• Alpha: because features are missing
• Beta: because there are bugs left
• R1: when we have all the planned features, and no bugs

We will stay in beta for some time according to this. We will probably get bored with fixing the bugs before they all go away, but it seems sane to have one or two beta releases and improve the stability and other problems. I think we will tag the "final" R1 only when we are already well into R2 development.

[waddlesplash]

WIP, unfinished release notes: ​https://github.com/haiku/website/blob/master/content/get-haiku/release-notes-r1b1.md

[cocobean]

== New Features ==
Intel HD and RadeonHD drivers (supports up to AMD Radeon Vega-series)
MediaPlayer (supports H.265 video playback, etc.) 
FreeBSD 11.1 Wifi/Ethernet network drivers update
WPA_Supplicant 2.4 
ICU 57.1/Locale Kit
WebPositive 1.1 (Wekkit update, Youtube playback)
GCC 7.3 compiler
USB 3.0 host controller support
OpenGL Kit/Mesa 17.1.10
Bluetooth UI
LibreOffice 6.2 and Calligra 3.1 Office Suites
SDHCI Driver support for Media Card readers

=== Known Issues ===
Specific issues with certain USB 3.x controllers
Network Printing & Scanning
UEFI boot loader
Webpositive not working on specific websites

[diver]

I think "improvements" is too general and not very interesting to read. A bit more details about the most significant improvements would be nice.

[waddlesplash]

I think cocobean is just indicating items that should be in the release notes.

[korli]

ICU 62 and XFS, ahah maybe for the release after :)