So.. close..
Review Board 1.6 RC2 is out the door and packed full of fixes, polish, and a few new features that snuck in.
Yes, we may have done a bit more in this release than we anticipated, but it's turned out really well, and will make for a strong final 1.6. We've fixed a number of usability problems (losing changes when leaving the page or accidentally canceling), added some great new features, improving the API, and fixing a good handful of bugs.
Some of the new features include:
- File attachment drag-and-drop. Files can now be dragged and dropped onto the page and uploaded as either screenshots or file attachments. The UI for drag-and-drop has greatly improved.
- Close descriptions. After discarding a review request or marking it as submitted, you can leave a description. You can use this to tell what revision it was committed in, or why the change was discarded. Up to you!
- Confirmation before accidentally losing changes. Ever accidentally hit cancel or navigate away from a page when typing a new description? Now you'll be prompted before you lose what you worked on.
Those are a few of the user-facing improvements made, but there are many improvements for administrators as well, including HTTP Basic Auth support when accessing Git repositories, Perforce stunnel support, and better instructions when things go wrong (new Manual Updates pages).
For the full list, see the release notes.
We're frozen at this point for the final release. Only critical bug fixes will go in. Otherwise, we're working on docs, and should be done with the release soon. So if you're planning to upgrade to 1.6, please give RC2 a try, because it won't be much different from the final 1.6.