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]

Notes:

== Recommended x86 Hardware ==

Intel Pentium IV compatible processor
2GB of memory or higher
1GB of hard drive space or higher.
AMD Radeon video graphics mainly supported.

=== Improvements ===

RadeonHD improvements
MediaPlayer improvements 
FreeBSD 11.1 compatible networking (Wifi/Ethernet) driver updates
ICU 62/Locale Kit/Unicode 11 compatibility improvements
POSIX compliance improvements
WebPositive 1.1 improvements
GCC 7.3 addition
USB 3.x host controller support
UEFI boot loader improvements
BFS improvements
XFS support (WIP)
OpenGL Kit/Mesa 17.1 improvements
Internet hosting infrastructure improvements (Maui server, etc)

Reporting issues
There are over 3250 open tickets on Haiku's bug tracker and over 10890 closed items.

[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 :)