GNOME 2.19.x Development Series

GNOME 2.19.x is an unstable development series intended for testing and hacking purposes. GNOME uses odd minor version numbers to indicate development status, so this unstable 2.19.x series will eventually become the official 2.20 stable release. There are many ways you can get involved.

Plans for this release are documented on the RoadMap page. These plans do not necessarily cover every module and every feature that will be worked on, nor are they guaranteed to arrive in time. Maintainers, please keep the RoadMap page up to date where you can. :-)

When we are near feature-freeze, please mention the new features for the /ReleaseNotes.

Important information for module maintainers:

Release Suites

Schedule

An iCal file is available at http://www.gnome.org/start/unstable/schedule.ics

Week

Date

Task

Notes

March

0

March 12

GNOME 2.18.0 Tarballs Due

March 14

GNOME 2.18.0 Final Release!

1

March 19

2

March 26

April

3

April 2

4

April 9

GNOME 2.18.1 Tarballs Due

April 11

GNOME 2.18.1 Stable Release

5

April 16

6

April 23

GNOME 2.19.1 Tarballs Due

End of new (app) modules proposal period

April 25

GNOME 2.19.1 Development Release

7

April 30

May

8

May 7

9

May 14

GNOME 2.19.2 Tarballs Due

May 16

GNOME 2.19.2 Development Release

10

May 21

11

May 28

GNOME 2.18.2 Tarballs Due

May 30

GNOME 2.18.2 Stable Release

June

12

June 4

GNOME 2.19.3 Tarballs Due

June 6

GNOME 2.19.3 Development Release

13

June 11

14

June 18

GNOME 2.19.4 Tarballs Due

June 20

GNOME 2.19.4 Development Release

15

June 25

July

16

July 2

GNOME 2.18.3 Tarballs Due

July 4

GNOME 2.18.3 Stable Release

17

July 9

GNOME 2.19.5 Tarballs Due

String Change Announcement Period: All string changes must be announced to both gnome-i18n@ and gnome-doc-list@.
UI Change Announcement Period: All user interface changes must be announced to gnome-doc-list@.

July 11

GNOME 2.19.5 Development Release

18

July 16

GUADEC 2007 (July 15-21)
Module inclusion discussion heats up.

19

July 23

Release Team meets about new module decisions with community input up to this point.

20

July 30

GNOME 2.19.6 Tarballs Due

API/ABI Freeze: developer APIs should be frozen at this point.
Feature and Module Freeze: new modules and functionality are chosen now.

August 1

GNOME 2.19.6 Development Release

August

21

August 6

New APIs must be fully documented
Writing of release notes begins

22

August 13

GNOME 2.19.90 Tarballs Due

UI Freeze: No UI changes may be made without approval from the release-team and notification to the GDP (gnome-doc-list@)

August 15

GNOME 2.20.0 Beta 1 (2.19.90) Release

23

August 20

24

August 27

GNOME 2.19.91 Tarballs Due

String Freeze: no string changes may be made without confirmation from the l10n team (gnome-i18n@) and notification to both the release team and the GDP (gnome-doc-list@).

August 29

GNOME 2.20.0 Beta 2 (2.19.91) Release

September

25

September 3

GNOME 2.19.92 Tarballs Due

September 5

GNOME 2.20.0 Release Candidate (2.19.92)

26

September 10

Hard Code Freeze: no source code changes can be made without approval from the release-team. Translation and documentation can continue.

27

September 17

GNOME 2.20.0 Tarballs Due

Hard Code Freeze ends, but all the other freezes (String Freeze, UI Freeze, Feature Freeze, API/ABI Freeze) remain in effect for the stable branch.

September 19

GNOME 2.20.0 Final Release!

28

September 24

October

29

October 1

30

October 8

31

October 15

GNOME 2.20.1 Tarballs Due

October 17

GNOME 2.20.1 Stable Release

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