GNOME 2.23.x Development Series

GNOME 2.23.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 2.23.x series will eventually become the official 2.24 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 10

GNOME 2.22.0 Tarballs Due

March 12

GNOME 2.22.0 Final Release!

1

March 17

2

March 24

3

March 31

April

4

April 7

GNOME 2.22.1 Tarballs Due

April 9

GNOME 2.22.1 Stable Release

5

April 14

6

April 21

GNOME 2.23.1 Tarballs Due

End of new (app) modules proposal period

April 23

GNOME 2.23.1 Development Release

7

April 28

May

8

May 5

9

May 12

GNOME 2.23.2 Tarballs Due

May 14

GNOME 2.23.2 Development Release

10

May 19

11

May 26

GNOME 2.22.2 Tarballs Due

May 28

GNOME 2.22.2 Stable Release

June

12

June 2

GNOME 2.23.3 Tarballs Due

June 4

GNOME 2.23.3 Development Release

13

June 9

14

June 16

GNOME 2.23.4 Tarballs Due

June 18

GNOME 2.23.4 Development Release

15

June 23

16

June 30

GNOME 2.22.3 Tarballs Due

July 2

GNOME 2.22.3 Stable Release

July

17

July 7

GUADEC 2008 (July 7-12)
Module inclusion discussion heats up.

18

July 14

19

July 21

GNOME 2.23.5 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 23

GNOME 2.23.5 Development Release

20

July 28

API/ABI Freeze for 2.23.x: developer APIs should be frozen at this point.
Release Team meets about new module decisions with community input up to this point.

August

21

August 4

GNOME 2.23.6 Tarballs Due

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

August 6

GNOME 2.23.6 Development Release

22

August 11

New APIs must be fully documented
Writing of release notes begins

23

August 18

GNOME 2.23.90 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 20

GNOME 2.24.0 Beta 1 (2.23.90) Release

24

August 25

September

25

September 1

GNOME 2.23.91 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@).

September 3

GNOME 2.24.0 Beta 2 (2.23.91) Release

26

September 8

GNOME 2.23.92 Tarballs Due

September 10

GNOME 2.24.0 Release Candidate (2.23.92)

27

September 15

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

28

September 22

GNOME 2.24.0 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 24

GNOME 2.24.0 Final Release!

29

September 29

October

30

October 6

31

October 13

32

October 20

GNOME 2.24.1 Tarballs Due

October 22

GNOME 2.24.1 Stable Release

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