Release Fractal 13.beta

Cargo.lock

@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fractal"
-version = "12.1.0"
+version = "13.0.0-beta"
 dependencies = [
  "aperture",
  "ashpd",

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "fractal"
-version = "12.1.0"
+version = "13.0.0-beta"
 authors = ["Julian Sparber <julian@sparber.net>"]
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.88"

README.md

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ You can get the official Fractal Flatpak from Flathub.
 
 ### Beta version
 
-The current beta version is 12.1 (same as stable).
+The current beta version is 13.beta (released September 25th 2025).
 
 It is available as a Flatpak on Flathub Beta.
 
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ following dependencies at runtime:
   * gst-plugin-gtk4 (gstgtk4): required to preview videos in the timeline and to present the output
     of the camera.
   * libgstpipewire with the `pipewiredeviceprovider`: used to list and access the cameras.
-* glycin: all images are loaded with this library so loaders for the different image formats need to
-  be installed.
+* glycin: all images are loaded with version 2 of this library so compatible loaders for the
+  different image formats need to be installed.
 
 #### Storing secrets
 

data/org.gnome.Fractal.metainfo.xml.in.in

@@ -71,6 +71,43 @@
   </content_rating>
 
   <releases>@development-release@
+    <release version="13~beta" type="development" date="2025-09-25">
+      <description>
+        <p>
+          What is better for celebrating the season change than to test what is going to be in the
+          next version of Fractal? Fractal 13.beta was released just for that, and it brings:
+        </p>
+        <ul>
+          <li>
+            A brand new audio player that loads files lazily and displays the audio stream as a
+            seekable waveform.
+          </li>
+          <li>
+            Only a single file with an audio stream can be played at a time, which means that
+            clicking on a "Play" button stops the previous media player that was playing.
+          </li>
+          <li>
+            Clicking on the avatar of the sender of a message now opens directly the user profile
+            instead of a context menu. The actions that were in the context menu could already be
+            performed from that dialog, so UX is more straightforward now.
+          </li>
+          <li>
+            The GNOME document and monospace fonts are used for messages.
+          </li>
+          <li>
+            Most of our UI definitions got ported to Blueprint.
+          </li>
+        </ul>
+        <p>
+          As usual, this release includes other improvements, fixes and new translations thanks to
+          all our contributors, and our upstream projects.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          As the version implies, there might be a slight risk of regressions, but it should be
+          mostly stable. If all goes well the next step is the release candidate!
+        </p>
+      </description>
+    </release>
     <release version="12.1" type="stable" date="2025-08-26">
       <description>
         <p>

meson.build

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
     'fractal',
     'rust',
-    version: '12.1',
+    version: '13.beta',
     license: 'GPL-3.0-or-later',
     meson_version: '>= 1.2',
 )
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ i18n = import('i18n')
 base_id = 'org.gnome.Fractal'
 application_id = base_id
 
-major_version = '12.1'
-pre_release_version = ''
+major_version = '13'
+pre_release_version = 'beta'
 
 version = major_version
 if pre_release_version != ''