Natty Schedule Adjustments (Beta 2 added, Release Candidate dropped)

2011-02-11 Thread Kate Stewart
or in the weekly release meetings, we're going to go ahead and add a Beta 2 for this release, and drop the Release Candidate from the Natty Schedule [1]. Natty Beta 2 will be on April 14th, 2011. If you anticipate any problems due to this change, please let us know. Thanks, Kate Stewart

Natty Beta 2 Freeze, now in effect, and up coming dates...

2011-04-12 Thread Kate Stewart
Hi, Some questions have been coming up as to what the Natty release schedule looks like for the remainder of the month. Here's what was discussed on ubuntu-release mail list and referenced in the weekly meetings over the last month, Beta 2 freeze - 4/11 (0900 UTC) - hard

Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) Beta 2 Released

2011-04-14 Thread Kate Stewart
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2. Codenamed Natty Narwhal, 11.04 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work

Oneiric Alpha 1 freeze: soft freeze in effect.

2011-05-31 Thread Kate Stewart
Dear developers, Its that time in the cycle... time for an Alpha 1. :) This is a soft freeze, but we'd appreciate it if you held off on uploads unless its fixing one of the blocking bugs. Thanks, Kate Stewart on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team. -- ubuntu-devel-announce mailing

Oneiric Ocelot Alpha 1 Released

2011-06-02 Thread Kate Stewart
. This is a low-traffic list (a few posts a week) carrying announcements of approved specifications, policy changes, alpha releases, and other interesting events. http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce Enjoy, -- Kate Stewart, on behalf of the Ubuntu release team

Oneiric Ocelot Alpha 2 Released

2011-07-07 Thread Kate Stewart
. http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce Enjoy, Kate Stewart, on behalf of the Ubuntu release team. -- ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list ubuntu-devel-announce@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce

Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 1 (Oneiric Ocelot) Released.

2011-09-01 Thread Kate Stewart
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 1. Codenamed Oneiric Ocelot, 11.10 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this

Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Beta 2 Freeze, now in effect.

2011-09-15 Thread Kate Stewart
Dear Developers, Beta Freeze[1] is now in effect (Thursday, Sept 15). User Interface Freeze[2] remains in effect now as well. From now on, all uploads to the archive and any user user interface changes will have to be approved manually by the release team. The documentation team and

Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 (Oneiric Ocelot) Released.

2011-09-22 Thread Kate Stewart
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2. Codenamed Oneiric Ocelot, 11.10 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this

11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Final Freeze - now in effect.

2011-09-29 Thread Kate Stewart
Dear Developers, Final Freeze [1] is now in effect. If you know of a bug currently targeted for Oneiric that is not going to get fixed in the time remaining, please decide if its a candidate for an SRU, and if so, milestone it as oneiric-updates. Also, if its clear the bug is not going to

Precise Alpha 1 - Soft Freeze in effect

2011-11-28 Thread Kate Stewart
to a blocking bug the release team has requested, please ask before uploading in #ubuntu-release. Thanks, Kate Stewart on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team. -- ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list ubuntu-devel-announce@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce

Re: Precise Alpha 1 - Soft Freeze in effect

2011-11-28 Thread Kate Stewart
On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 15:44 -0600, Kate Stewart wrote: This week we'll be testing the new ISO tracker as well as the Alpha 1 release itself, so respecting the soft freeze would be especially appreciated. If you have to upload something other than a fix to a blocking bug the release

Precise Pangolin Alpha 1 Released!

2011-12-01 Thread Kate Stewart
announcements of approved specifications, policy changes, alpha releases, and other interesting events. http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce Enjoy, -- Kate Stewart, on behalf of the Ubuntu release team -- ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list ubuntu-devel-announce

Precise Alpha 2 - Soft Freeze in effect

2012-01-31 Thread Kate Stewart
Dear Developers, Its that time in the cycle... soft freeze for Alpha 2. :) If you have to upload something other than a fix to a blocking bug the release team has requested, please ask before uploading in #ubuntu-release. Thanks, Kate Stewart on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team

Precise Pangolin Alpha 2 Released!

2012-02-02 Thread Kate Stewart
to the ubuntu-devel-announce list. This is a low-traffic list (a few posts a week) carrying announcements of approved specifications, policy changes, alpha releases, and other interesting events. http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce Enjoy, Kate Stewart, on behalf

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) Beta 1 Released.

2012-03-01 Thread Kate Stewart
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the first beta release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products. Codenamed Precise Pangolin, 12.04 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) Beta 2 Released.

2012-03-29 Thread Kate Stewart
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the final beta release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products. Codenamed Precise Pangolin, 12.04 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a

Precise Unseeded Universe Final Freeze now in effect.

2012-04-25 Thread Kate Stewart
Dear Developer, The Unseeded Universe Final Freeze is now in effect. This effectively finishes up the changes going into the Precise Ubuntu archive for the release. Iain Lane has kindly gathered some precise statistics ;) (see below) summarizing what has occurred in the Ubuntu project

Quantal Alpha 1 milestone preparation and freeze handling

2012-06-04 Thread Kate Stewart
stopped until we release A1. If you have any questions about where you should upload, please ask on #ubuntu-release first. Thank you for your help with this experiment, Kate Stewart on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team. -- ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list ubuntu-devel-announce

12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) Alpha 1 Released!

2012-06-07 Thread Kate Stewart
subscribe initially to the ubuntu-devel-announce list. This is a low-traffic list (a few posts a week) carrying announcements of approved specifications, policy changes, alpha releases, and other interesting events. http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce Kate Stewart

Quantal Alpha 2 milestone release prep

2012-06-25 Thread Kate Stewart
have been stopped until we release A2. If you have any questions about where you should upload, please ask on #ubuntu-release first. Thank you for your help getting Alpha 2 ready to ship. Kate Stewart on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team. -- ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list ubuntu-devel

Quantal Alpha 3 milestone release preparation

2012-07-23 Thread Kate Stewart
on #ubuntu-release first. Technical Overview information for Alpha 3 can be added to the WIKI page at: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/TechnicalOverview/Alpha3 Thank you for your help getting Alpha 3 ready to ship. Kate Stewart on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team. -- ubuntu-devel

Quantal Feature Freeze - now in effect.

2012-08-23 Thread Kate Stewart
on September 6th. Thanks, Kate Stewart on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeatureFreeze [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseSchedule -- ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list ubuntu-devel-announce@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo

Quantal Beta Freeze now in effect

2012-08-30 Thread Kate Stewart
Dear Developers, Beta Freeze[1] and User Interface Freeze[2] is now in effect (Thursday, August 30). All uploads to the archive and any user user interface changes will have to be approved manually by the release team. The documentation team and translation teams will also need to be

Quantal Beta Freeze now in effect.

2012-09-20 Thread Kate Stewart
Dear Developers, Beta Freeze[1] is now in effect (Thursday, September 20). All uploads to the archive will now have to be approved manually by the release team, prior to inclusion. Please use the rls-q-incoming tag on any bugs found if its urgent to get fixed, so it comes to the attention

12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) Final Freeze - now in effect.

2012-10-09 Thread Kate Stewart
Dear Developers, Final Freeze [1] is now in effect. If you know of a bug currently targeted for Quantal that is not going to get fixed in the time remaining, please decide if its a candidate for an SRU, and if so, milestone it as quantal-updates. Also, if its clear the bug is not going to

Quantal Unseeded Universe Final Freeze now in effect.

2012-10-16 Thread Kate Stewart
Dear Developers, The Unseeded Universe Final Freeze is now in effect. This effectively finishes up the changes going into the Quantal Ubuntu archive for the 12.10 release. The archive is looking in very good shape indeed due to your efforts and all those excellent fixes submitted since

13.10 (Saucy Salamander) Alpha 1 Released!

2013-06-27 Thread Kate Stewart
, alpha releases and other interesting events. http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce A big thank you to the developers and testers for their efforts to pull together this initial Alpha release! Kate Stewart, on behalf of the Ubuntu release team. -- ubuntu-devel-announce