GNOME 2.21.x Development Series

GNOME 2.21.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 2.21.x series will eventually become the official 2.22 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

0

September 17

GNOME 2.20.0 Tarballs Due

September 19

GNOME 2.20.0 Final Release!

October

2

October 6-8th

Boston Summit

http://live.gnome.org/Boston2007

4

October 15

GNOME 2.20.1 Tarballs Due

October 17

GNOME 2.20.1 Stable Release

6

October 29

GNOME 2.21.1 Tarballs Due

End of new (app) modules proposal period

October 31

GNOME 2.21.1 Development Release

November

8

November 12

GNOME 2.21.2 Tarballs Due

November 14

GNOME 2.21.2 Development Release

10

November 26

GNOME 2.20.2 Tarballs Due

November 28

GNOME 2.20.2 Stable Release

December

11

December 3

GNOME 2.21.3 Tarballs Due

December 5

GNOME 2.21.3 Development Release

13

December 17

GNOME 2.21.4 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.

December 19

GNOME 2.21.4 Development Release

January

16

January 7

GNOME 2.20.3 Tarballs Due

API/ABI Freeze for 2.21.x: developer APIs should be frozen at this point.
Release Team meets about new module decisions for 2.22 with community input up to this point.

January 9

GNOME 2.20.3 Stable Release

17

January 14

GNOME 2.21.5 Tarballs Due

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

January 16

GNOME 2.21.5 Development Release

18

January 21

New APIs must be fully documented
Writing of release notes begins

19

January 28

GNOME 2.21.90 Tarballs Due

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

January 30

GNOME 2.22.0 Beta 1 (2.21.90) Release

February

21

February 11

GNOME 2.21.91 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@).

February 13

GNOME 2.22.0 Beta 2 (2.21.91) Release

23

February 25

GNOME 2.21.92 Tarballs Due

February 27

GNOME 2.22.0 Release Candidate (2.21.92)

March

24

March 3

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

25

March 10

GNOME 2.22.0 Tarballs Due

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

March 12

GNOME 2.22.0 Final Release!

April

29

April 7

GNOME 2.22.1 Tarballs Due

April 9

GNOME 2.22.1 Stable Release

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