Marlin 1.1.0 Release Candidate 2 - 29 September 2015

Marlin/Default_Version.h

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 // #error "You must specify the following parameters related to your distribution"
 
 #if true
-  #define SHORT_BUILD_VERSION "1.1.0 dev"
+#define SHORT_BUILD_VERSION "1.1.0-RC2"
-  #define DETAILED_BUILD_VERSION "1.1.0 Development From Archive"
+#define DETAILED_BUILD_VERSION "1.1.0-RC2 From Archive"
-  #define STRING_DISTRIBUTION_DATE "2015-08-00 12:00"
+#define STRING_DISTRIBUTION_DATE "2015-09-28 12:00"
 // It might also be appropriate to define a location where additional information can be found
 #define SOURCE_CODE_URL  "http:// ..."
 #endif

README.md

@@ -2,23 +2,34 @@
 <img align="top" width=175 src="Documentation/Logo/Marlin%20Logo%20GitHub.png" />
  Documentation has moved to [marlinfirmware.org](http://www.marlinfirmware.org).
 
-## Development Only
+## Release Candidate -- Marlin 1.1.0-RC2 - 29 September 2015
 
 __Not for production use – use with caution!__
 
-The [dev branch](https://github.com/MarlinFirmware/MarlinDev/tree/dev) contains the most up-to-date Marlin code. When reporting any issues, please check to see if they are resolved in this branch first. But let us know if issues exist in tagged releases so that we can document and patch them.
+For the latest tagged version of Marlin (currently 1.0.2 – January 2015) you should switch to the [Release branch](https://github.com/MarlinFirmware/Marlin/tree/Release).
 
-## Testing
+[This branch, "RC"](https://github.com/MarlinFirmware/Marlin/tree/RC), is our current pre-release candidate.
-The [RC branch](https://github.com/MarlinFirmware/MarlinDev/tree/RC) will contain the latest pre-release candidate.
+
+Future development takes place in the [MarlinDev repository](https://github.com/MarlinFirmware/MarlinDev/).
+
+## Recent Changes
+RC2 - 29 Sep 2015
+      File styling reverted
+      LCD update frequency reduced
+
+RC1 - 19 Sep 2015
+      Published for testing
 
 ## Submitting Patches
-Development patches should be submitted as a Pull Request against the [master](https://github.com/MarlinFirmware/MarlinDev/tree/master) branch
+Proposed patches should be submitted as a Pull Request against the [RCBugFix](https://github.com/MarlinFirmware/Marlin/tree/RCBugFix) branch
+Note: Do not propose added features. Patches to the Release Candidate are limited to corrections of coding errors for the functions that have been implemented.
+Please follow the proper style. Pull requests containing styling errors will have to be reworked.
 
-For the latest tagged version of Marlin (currently 1.0.2 – January 2015) you should switch to the [Release Repository](https://github.com/MarlinFirmware/Marlin).
 
-## Current Status: Bug Fixing
 
-Marlin development is being accelerated to catch up with a long list of issues. Check the Issues and Pull Requests links on the right to to see what we are currently working on.
+## Current Status: Testing
+
+Please test this firmware and inform us of any issues where it fails to perform in a manner consistent with the designed functionality.
 
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@@ -41,7 +52,7 @@ The current Marlin dev team consists of:
  - [@maverikou]
  - Chris Palmer [@nophead]
  - [@paclema]
- - [@epatel]
+ - Edward Patel [@epatel] - Swedish, English
  - Erik van der Zalm [@ErikZalm]
  - David Braam [@daid]
  - Bernhard Kubicek [@bkubicek]