quick 4.8.5 release - feedback needed!

[Matt Thompson]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 3:54 PM Dirk Hohndel <dirk at hohndel.org> wrote:

> So there's a bug that makes the Teric fail after a v11 FW update (that
> one's totally on me).
> Also, the Windows binaries for 4.8.4 (once again - also totally on me) are
> missing hidapi support.
> Additionally, there are a few new dive computers supported in
> libdivecomputer (which Linus will be merging at some point today).
>
> Why am I writing this in such a strange way? Because the state of the
> filter widget tells me that I should not cut a release based on master...
>
> So my options are
> (a) wait for the filter to be truly ready
> (b) create a 4.8 branch based on 4.8.4 and just add a hand full of commits
>     that clearly fix bugs or fall into the list above
> (c) create a 4.8 branch based on master, but revert all the filter changes
> (d) something else?
>
> I'd love to hear some feedback / preferences... on my own I think I'd lean
> towards (b)...
>
>
> From a users perspective I would go with option b.  It gets some fixes out
quickly and ensures only the intended changes are introduced.
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