[Nut-upsdev] release?

[Peter Selinger]

Hi developers,

I would like to propose making a release soon from the current NUT
trunk. There have been a lot of important changes since 2.0.5: new
drivers added/refined (e.g. megatec_usb); the switch to Automake; the
renaming of newhidups to usbhid-ups; automatic installation of
hotplugging files; IPv6 support; improvements to the tripplite_usb
driver; improvements to the gamatronic driver; memory leaks and other
bugs fixed; improvements to the powerpanel driver; etc. 

I know we are all waiting for the ominous 2.2.0 mega-super-rewrite,
but the loftier the goal, the less likely it is to happen soon.
Meanwhile, I propose that we should make unstable releases (such as
2.0.6) more frequently, at least every 3 months or so. With Automake,
this is a matter of a few simple steps:

* editing NEWS
* updating the version number in configure.in
* "make distcheck"
* tagging the release in SVN. 
* copying the tarball to the website
* updating the auto-generated files on the website (driver list etc). 

The advantage would be that we don't have to keep telling people to
use SVN sources; don't have to keep explaining that some drivers have
been renamed, etc.

Opinions? -- Peter