GNOME 2.25.x Development Series

GNOME 2.25.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 2.25.x series will eventually become the official 2.26 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

September 2008

0

Sep 22

GNOME 2.24.0 Stable tarballs due

Sep 24

GNOME 2.24.0 Final release!

October

4

Oct 20

GNOME 2.24.1 Stable tarballs due

Oct 22

GNOME 2.24.1 Stable release

November

6

Nov 03

GNOME 2.25.1 tarballs due

Nov 05

GNOME 2.25.1 release

9

Nov 24

GNOME 2.24.2 Stable tarballs due

End of new (app) modules proposal period for 2.26

Nov 26

GNOME 2.24.2 Stable release

December

10

Dec 01

GNOME 2.25.2 tarballs due

Dec 03

GNOME 2.25.2 release

12

Dec 15

GNOME 2.25.3 tarballs due

Dec 17

GNOME 2.25.3 release

January 2009

15

Jan 05

GNOME 2.25.4 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@.
Module inclusion discussion heats up.

Jan 07

GNOME 2.25.4 release

16

Jan 12

GNOME 2.24.3 Stable tarballs due

API/ABI Freeze for 2.25.x: developer APIs should be frozen at this point.
Release Team meets about new module decisions for 2.26 with community input up to this point.

Jan 14

GNOME 2.24.3 Stable release

17

Jan 19

GNOME 2.25.5 tarballs due

Feature and Module Freeze: new modules and functionality are chosen now.

Jan 21

GNOME 2.25.5 release

18

Jan 26

New APIs must be fully documented
Writing of release notes begins

February

19

Feb 02

GNOME 2.25.90 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 04

GNOME 2.25.90 beta release

21

Feb 16

GNOME 2.25.91 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@).

Feb 18

GNOME 2.25.91 beta release

March

23

Mar 02

GNOME 2.25.92 rc tarballs due

Mar 04

GNOME 2.25.92 rc release

24

Mar 09

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

25

Mar 16

GNOME 2.26.0 tarballs due

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

Mar 18

GNOME 2.26.0 Final release!

April

29

Apr 13

GNOME 2.26.1 tarballs due

Apr 15

GNOME 2.26.1 stable release

TwoPointTwentyfive (last edited 2008-12-11 13:16:38 by VincentUntz)