mc stable 4.8 vs. precise pangolin

[Egmont Koblinger]

Hi devs,

Probably the most popular Linux distro, Ubuntu will release its next LTS
(long term support = 5 years) edition, codenamed Precise Pangolin this
April.

In my opinion, it might speed up and ease the work of MC developers for the
next couple of years if we could manage to leave the 4.7 branch behind and
focus on 4.8 and newer ones as soon as possible.  For this, I think that
making Pangolin ship 4.8 would be a great step.

What needs to be done for that?  Figure out Ubuntu's release schedule (when
is the version freeze etc.), talk to the maintainer of MC package, release
the first stable of 4.8 branch (4.8.1.1) rather soon than late (I'm almost
sure they wouldn't include an officially non-stable release in LTS) ??? --
I don't know...

What do you guys think?  Is it worth the effort?

thanks,
egmont
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