GNOME 2.91.x Development Series

GNOME 2.91.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 2.91.x series will become the official 3.0 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:

Modulesets

We have now switched jhbuild to new modulesets. The details of these modulesets are still up for discussion and tweaking.

Schedule

Week

Date

Task

Notes

September

0

Sep 27

GNOME 2.32.0 stable tarballs due

Start of new (app) modules proposal period

Sep 29

GNOME 2.32.0 stable release

October

1

Oct 04

GNOME 2.91.0 unstable tarballs due

Oct 06

GNOME 2.91.0 unstable release

3

Oct 18

GNOME 2.91.1 unstable tarballs due

Oct 20

GNOME 2.91.1 unstable release

4

Oct 25

End of new (app) modules proposal period

November

5

Nov 01

Module inclusion discussion heats up.

6

Nov 08

GNOME 2.91.2 unstable tarballs due

Module Freeze: new modules are chosen now.
Release Team meets about new module decisions for 3.0 with community input up to this point.

Nov 10

GNOME 2.91.2 unstable release

7

Nov 15

GNOME 2.32.1 stable tarballs due

Nov 17

GNOME 2.32.1 stable release

9

Nov 29

GNOME 2.91.3 unstable tarballs due

December

9

Dec 01

GNOME 2.91.3 unstable release

12

Dec 20

GNOME 2.91.4 unstable tarballs due

Dec 22

GNOME 2.91.4 unstable release

January

15

Jan 10

GNOME 2.91.5 unstable 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@.

Jan 12

GNOME 2.91.5 unstable release

18

Jan 31

GNOME 2.91.6 unstable tarballs due

API/ABI Freeze for 2.91.x: developer APIs should be frozen at this point.
Feature Freeze: new functionality is chosen now.

February

18

Feb 02

GNOME 2.91.6 unstable release

19

Feb 07

New APIs must be fully documented
Writing of release notes begins

21

Feb 21

GNOME 2.91.90 beta tarballs due

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

Feb 23

GNOME 2.91.90 beta release

March

23

Mar 07

GNOME 2.91.91 beta 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@).

Mar 09

GNOME 2.91.91 beta release

25

Mar 21

GNOME 2.91.92 rc tarballs due

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

Mar 23

GNOME 2.91.92 rc release

Mar 25

GNOME 2.91.93 rc2 tarballs due

26

Mar 28

GNOME 2.91.93 release

April

27

Apr 04

GNOME 3.0.0 newstable tarballs due

Hard Code Freeze ends, but other freezes remain in effect for the stable branch.

Apr 06

GNOME 3.0.0 newstable release

30

Apr 25

GNOME 3.0.1 newstable tarballs due

Apr 27

GNOME 3.0.1 newstable release

TwoPointNinetyone (last edited 2011-03-24 17:25:45 by FredericPeters)