On Saturday 20 October 2007 10:12:37 pm Cornelius Schumacher wrote: > I would like to propose a couple of clarifications to the release schedule. > This is no change in plans, just putting down some more information than > currently is on techbase. Please comment. If there are no objections I will > update the pages on techbase. I would also like to reverse the order of > milestones on the wiki pages, so that current milestones are on the top. > > Definition of KDE components: > > Platform (libraries and runtime dependencies): kdelibs, kdepimlibs, > kdebase-runtime, kdebindings Agree
> Workspace (desktop infrastructure, window manager, plasma): > kdebase-workspace, > extragear-plasma Oh, I always forget to build extragear-plasma. Agree. > Applications (core applications): kdeaccessibility, kdeadmin, kdeartwork, > kdebase-apps, kdeedu, kdegames, kdegraphics, kdemultimedia, kdenetwork, > kdepim, kdesdk, kdetoys, kdeutils And extragear (except extragear-plasma)? > > Definition of freeze states: > > Soft freeze: no new features, bufixes only, no new or changed message, > incomplete features are disabled > Hard freeze: as soft freeze plus: only patches which have been reviewed on > the > relevant mailing lists > Deep freeze: only changes by release team > The message freeze is happening in the Hard freeze this time around. But after 24 Oct we should be in Deep freeze. > Release schedule: > > (all deadlines are due 23:59 UTC) > > 24 October (Wed): KDE 4.0 Release Freeze > - Platform interface freeze (source and binary compatibility until KDE 5) > - Hard freeze Platform > - Soft freeze Workspace and Applications > - Message Freeze > - Deep freeze (changes only by release team) until release tarballs are ready > (estimated two days) > - Tag Platform 4.0.0 (Final release) > - Tag Workspace 3.95 and Applications 3.95 (RC1) So starting after midnight 24 Oct there will be a 2 day Deep Freeze. But after those 2 days the Plaform is in Hard Freeze and the Workspace+Apps are in Soft Freeze, right? > > 30 October (Tue): Release KDE Development Platform 4.0 and KDE Workspace and > Applications 4.0 RC1 > - Announce release > - Make tarballs available on download servers > > 14 November (Wed): Tagging RC2 > - Hard freeze Workspace and Applications > - Workspace interface freeze (source and binary compatibility until KDE 5 (or > better 4.1?)) > - Deep freeze until tarballs are ready > - Tag Platform 4.0.1 > - Tag Workspace 3.96 and Applications 3.96 (RC2) > > 20 November (Tue): Release KDE Development Platform 4.0.1 and KDE Workspace > and Applications 4.0 RC2 > - Announce release > - Make tarballs available on download servers > > 5 December (Wed): Tagging RC3 (final) > - decide if RC4 is needed, if it is, add another RC to the cycle, if not > proceed with the following: > - Create 4.0 branch > - Hard freeze on the 4.0 branch > - Deep freeze on the branch until release tarballs are ready > - Tag Platform 4.0.2 > - Tag Workspace 4.0.2 and Applications 4.0.2 (RC3) > - Trunk is unfrozen and open for 4.1 development > > 11 December (Tue): Release KDE 4.0 Do you mean KDE 4.0.2? > - Announce release > - Make tarballs available on download servers > - Party > > Tentatively early January: first bugfix release (4.0.3) > > 18 January: KDE 4 Launch Event > _______________________________________________ release-team mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/release-team
