We are steaming ahead towards the next major release - Beta 3. Like Beta 2 it will bring about more improvements, more software and more bug fixes.
Currently we expect Beta 3 to be released in March 2021.
R1, for those who don’t know, is a full stable release of Haiku. The current plan is to release Beta 3 and then start a new release cycle for Beta 4, where the developers will select issues and tasks filed in the bug tracker under the “R1 milestone” to include in Beta 4. This process will be repeated for any consequent Beta releases until all the issues filed under the “R1” milestone on our bug tracker have been closed. Ideally, the developer team is aiming for yearly releases starting with Beta 3, thus Beta 4 is estimated to be released some time next year - 2022.
After R1, work on R1.1 - which is an update intended to improve the user experience and fix any bugs in R1 as well as work on R2 - the next major stable release of Haiku - will start parallel to each other. It is important we fix any issues for users on R1, but it is also important that we start work on the next major release, hence the reason why the abovementioned development plan has been conceived. Note that this plan is still subject to change.
After Beta 3, we are looking to update our translation infrastructure, which is still running the now unmaintained Pootle framework, to use a more modern and up-to-date translation framework. Plans for this are still in the works, but the developers already have several options in mind regarding which framework to use.
We also have plans to introduce automated OpenQA testing and single sign-on to all Haiku web applications, but unfortunately those are on the backlog due to the lack of time and volunteers available. Any individuals wishing to help out with these tasks are more than welcome to, and are advised to send an email to the Haiku mailing lists at https://www.freelists.org/list/haiku or post a message on the forums at discuss.haiku-os.org
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