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
1GB of memory or higher
10GB of hard drive space or higher.
Intel HD and AMD Radeon video graphics mainly supported.

== New Features ==

RadeonHD improvements (supports up to AMD Radeon Vega-series)
MediaPlayer improvements (HEVC/H.264 playback) 
FreeBSD 11.1 compatible networking (Wifi/Ethernet) drivers update
WPA_Supplicant 2.4 update 
ICU 57.1/Locale Kit/Unicode compatibility improvements
POSIX compliance improvements
WebPositive 1.1 improvements (Youtube viewing and playback)
GCC 7.3 addition
USB 3.x host controller support
BFS improvements (supports volumes up to 2 exabytes)
OpenGL Kit/Mesa 17.1 improvements

=== Package Management ===
Haikuports amnd HaikuDepot package management enhancements
LibreOffice 6.x
Calligra Office Suite

=== Infrastructure ===
Internet hosting infrastructure improvements (new Maui server, more global mirrors, etc)

=== Known Issues ===
Issues with some USB 3.1 devices

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

=== Works In Progess ===
XFS support
UEFI boot loader improvements

[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 :)