Xamarin-macios: Release notes

[tranb3r]

I cannot find the release notes for xamarin.ios 13.18 and 13.20.
Could you please publish them ?

[whitneyschmidt]

@tranb3r Thank you for your feedback! We are actively working on release notes for 13.18 and 13.20 and will update you here once they are available :)

[tranb3r]

@whitneyschmidt Any progress ??

[whitneyschmidt]

@tranb3r Thanks for checking in!

Xamarin.iOS release notes from 13.18 can be found here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/ios/release-notes/13/13.18

Xamarin.Mac 6.18: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/mac/release-notes/6/6.18

13.20 and 6.20 notes are in progress.

[tranb3r]

@whitneyschmidt The version for xamarin.ios in the last release of VS 2019 (16.6.1) is 13.18.2.1. The link you've provided for 13.18 only mentions 13.18.1.31. What's new in 13.18.2.1 ?

[whitneyschmidt]

@tranb3r There aren't many changes between 13.18.1.31 and 13.18.2.1. The biggest one is that Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Mac are now compatible with Xcode 11.5.

When the release notes are published they'll be available at in the locations above :)

[whitneyschmidt]

@tranb3r Apologies for the delays, release notes are now published and up for viewing through 13.20 and 6.20:
iOS
Mac

[tranb3r]

@whitneyschmidt
13.20.1.44 has been released. What's new compared to 13.20.1.18 ?

[tranb3r]

@whitneyschmidt
Come on guys. 13.20.2.2 is out. Could you please update the release notes?

[whitneyschmidt]

@tranb3r Thanks for your patience and reminders. No excuses for 13.20.1.44 - we dropped a set of notes.

Release notes for d16-7 are in progress will be coming within the next couple of days. When they are public I'll post here, and you'll also be able to find them in the usual place.

[whitneyschmidt]

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/ios/release-notes/13/13.20
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/mac/release-notes/6/6.20

[tranb3r]

@whitneyschmidt
Hi again. What's in 13.22.1.3 and 13.22.1.8 ?
Could you please make sure those release notes are published immediately when a new version of visual studio 2019 (preview or release) is available ?

[whitneyschmidt]

@tranb3r That's a great question. Unfortunately we're behind, but we are aware that these need to be written up and we're actively working on it.

[chamons]

Hey @tranb3r - manager of the macios team here.

We've reworking our processes to make release notes align better, but we're not there yet.

In particular we know that our d16-8 (preview) release notes are out of sync again.

As you can imagine our tracking of Xcode 12 has us quite busy this summer, and we dropped this ball here.

[tranb3r]

@chamons
One more release of visual studio preview and still no release notes for xamarin.ios (13.22.1.3, 13.22.1.8, 13.22.1.23)

[tranb3r]

Xcode 12 has been released.
But it's not even clear whether 11.7 is supported or not in X.iOS 13.22.*.
This is such a mess...

[chamons]

Thanks for the feedback.

After the recent surprises Apple dropped on us, the teams has been scrambling to catch up.

Delaying the release notes (d16-8 and xcode12) was the impact.