Release Partners 9/16/2021

[joshblack]

This week, we're planning on releasing Beta 2. In this session, we'll talk about what's making its way in this release and what you can expect from our team next.

Agenda

• Scope of the beta 2 release
• Scope and timeline of our next release
• v11 Communication
• Research
• Q&A

Beta 2 Release

• We will officially release our beta early next week, we're looking to get in the final remaining PRs that we weren't able to get in this sprint
• Release scope
  • Certain prop changes are making their way into v10 (some are in v10.44, some are targeting v10.45), including
    • Changes to className
    • Changes to event handlers (handle* to on*)
    • Changes to size prop
  • This release will not include all of the prop changes we are looking to make
  • Early versions of components, including
    • Popover
    • Tooltip
    • Notification
    • ContentSwitcher
  • Access to our icon changes under @carbon/react/icons
  • Bug fixes from our last release cycle, namely with theming and our compatibility theme
    • Included filing an issue with Sass as we encountered our first bug with Dart Sass
  • The bx prefix has been changed to cds

Scope of next release

• The target date for the next release is October 14th, 2021
• We are targeting this release as our first Release Candidate for v11
• We are trying to target the following for this release:
  • All expected changes to props in our React components
  • All expected updates to existing components, notably:
    • Tooltip, Popover
    • Tabs
  • The initial set of supported migrations from @carbon/upgrade, including migrations for:
    • Switching packages and versions
    • Common prop changes
    • [Stretch] Sass import changes
  • Migration guidance
    • Expanded v11 migration page
    • Sample App

v11 Communication

• We're trying to publish a Medium article around every other week on v11-related migration topics
• Our next article in the pipeline will talk about updating the tutorial to use the latest beta
• We're targeting future content on theming, grid, react changes, and more
• This content should overlap with workshops / other content we are aiming to produce for migration
• Are there any topics that you would like to see us cover or write about?

Research

• Similar to last time, we want to connect with teams to see what their experience is like updating to the newest beta
• This experience helps us focus on what to prioritize in terms of documentation and tooling

Q&A

Any questions about the upcoming beta 2 release and the future Release Candidate release?

[adrianamorales]

@joshblack Are there any UX or visual changes to popover, tooltip, notification, or content switcher? I'm wondering if I need to make designers in Cloud aware of it.

[joshblack]

Hey @adrianamorales! So sorry for the delay. As far as I'm aware, the changes will be mostly around behavior but there could be some visual changes with notification. Let me cc @kingtraceyj and @tay1orjones who have been working on it 👀