GNOME 2.27.x/2.29.x Development Series

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GNOME 2.27.x/2.29.x Development Series
1. Release Suites
2. Schedule

GNOME 2.27.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 2.27.x series will eventually become the official 2.28 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:

Tarballs are due by 23:59 UTC on the Monday specified
Freezes begin by 23:59 UTC on the Monday specified
If possible, try to make releases no sooner than 3 days before the tarballs are due. If you need to release early, a simple notification to gnome-i18n and gnome-doc-list would be helpful.
Guidelines on making a module release
How to request freeze breaks
Branching practices, including who to email; also, please make sure everyone knows what branch you are using for the release if you aren't using SVN Trunk
There's a MaintainersCorner wiki page with general helpful information

Release Suites

Schedule

An iCal file is available at http://www.gnome.org/start/unstable/schedule.ics

Comments/Discussion:

Please do not add comments here. Keep any discussion streamlined on desktop-devel mailing list.

Week	Date	Task	Notes	Cleanup targets
March
-2	Mar 02		Start of new (app) modules proposal period
0	Mar 16	GNOME 2.26.0 stable tarballs due
0	Mar 18	GNOME 2.26.0 stable release
April
4	Apr 13	GNOME 2.26.1 stable tarballs due		ZERO modules with Glib-Deprecated-Symbols. Means: Yelp must be fixed.
4	Apr 15	GNOME 2.26.1 stable release
May
7	May 4	GNOME 2.27.1 unstable tarballs due		Officially announce libglade as deprecated in favor of GtkBuilder after important bugs (like 553385) have been identified and fixed (Tracker bug). Clear a11y plan and schedule MUST exist for 3.0 and must be in place for 2.29.5. Define acceptable regressions. --> TODO: add Target Milestones here after having a plan. --> Status report by WillieWalker? Less than 18 modules depending on libgnome. Less than 18 modules depending on libgnomeui. ZERO modules depending on Esound, Gnomeprint, gnome-vfs. Means: GOK must get rid of Esound. gnome-mag must get rid of gnome-vfs. Less than 25 modules with Gtk-Deprecated-Symbols, less than 6 modules with complex status, less than 6 modules with average status. Evolution-Data-Server must be migrated to d-bus by default. --> RossBurton? gtkhtml must not depend on Bonobo anymore. --> MatthewBarnes. gnome-shell alpha release. Also see this thread. --> OwenTaylor. WebKit status report for 2.27.5.
7	May 6	GNOME 2.27.1 unstable release
9	May 18	GNOME 2.26.2 stable tarballs due	End of new (app) modules proposal period
9	May 20	GNOME 2.26.2 stable release
10	May 25	GNOME 2.27.2 unstable tarballs due		Less than 35 modules depending on libglade.
10	May 27	GNOME 2.27.2 unstable release
June
13	Jun 15	GNOME 2.27.3 unstable tarballs due		Less than 12 modules depending on libgnome. Less than 12 modules depending on libgnomeui. Evolution must not depend on Bonobo anymore. --> MatthewBarnes. Status report for 2.27.1. If not ready for 2.27.3 we do not merge. 2.29.1 will become the MUST HAVE, also for evolution-exchange. omplete migration from HAL to DeviceKit-* done. Fedora targets this for Fedora 11. No need for GNOME to track this too, trusting Red Hat here.
13	Jun 17	GNOME 2.27.3 unstable release
15	Jun 29	GNOME 2.26.3 stable tarballs due
July
15	Jul 01	GNOME 2.26.3 stable release
17	Jul 13	GNOME 2.27.4 unstable 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.	Less than 20 modules depending on libglade. Less than 5 modules with non-low Gtk-Deprecated-Symbols. Less than 15 modules total with Gtk-Deprecated-Symbols.
17	Jul 15	GNOME 2.27.4 unstable release
18	Jul 20		API/ABI Freeze for 2.27.x: developer APIs should be frozen at this point. Release Team meets about new module decisions for 2.28 with community input up to this point.
19	Jul 27	GNOME 2.27.5 unstable tarballs due	Feature and Module Freeze: new modules and functionality are chosen now.	Less than 9 modules depending on libgnome. Less than 9 modules depending on libgnomeui. Complete WebKit migration from Mozilla/XulRunner - Depends on a11y issues in general and DOM bindings for Evolution probably.
19	Jul 29	GNOME 2.27.5 unstable release
August
20	Aug 03		New APIs must be fully documented Writing of release notes begins
21	Aug 10	GNOME 2.27.90 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@) Start of new (app) modules proposal period for 2.30	Only modules with low Gtk-Deprecated-Symbols allowed (except for those modules that require API breakage to fix, e.g. Evolution-Data-Server).
21	Aug 12	GNOME 2.27.90 beta release
23	Aug 24	GNOME 2.27.91 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@).	gnome-shell beta release. Also see this thread. --> OwenTaylor. Less than 10 modules depending on libglade.
23	Aug 26	GNOME 2.27.91 beta release
September
25	Sep 07	GNOME 2.27.92 rc tarballs due
25	Sep 09	GNOME 2.27.92 rc release
26	Sep 14		Hard Code Freeze: no source code changes can be made without approval from the release-team. Translation and documentation can continue.
27	Sep 21	GNOME 2.28.0 newstable tarballs due	Hard Code Freeze ends, but other freezes remain in effect for the stable branch.
27	Sep 23	GNOME 2.28.0 newstable release

Week	Date	Task	Notes	Cleanup targets
August 2009
-6	Aug 10		Start of new (app) modules proposal period for 2.30
September 2009
0	Sep 21	GNOME 2.28.0 stable tarballs due
0	Sep 23	GNOME 2.28.0 stable release
October
4	Oct 19	GNOME 2.28.1 stable tarballs due
4	Oct 21	GNOME 2.28.1 stable release
5	Oct 26	GNOME 2.29.1 unstable tarballs due	End of new (app) modules proposal period Module inclusion discussion for 2.30 heats up.	ZERO modules with Gtk-Deprecated-Symbols. We try to break API now wherever required (e.g. for Evolution-Data-Server). ZERO modules depending on Libart_lgpl. Means: EOG. Less than 5 modules depending on libglade. gnome-panel must not depend on bonobo anymore, so other modules depending on gnome-panel can also get rid of their bonobo dependencies. --> VincentUntz. Evolution-exchange either MUST not depend on bonobo anymore, or for 2.29.5 evolution-mapi MUST have feature parity with Evolution-exchange.
5	Oct 28	GNOME 2.29.1 unstable release
November
6	Nov 2		Release Team meets about new module decisions for 2.30 with community input up to this point.
7	Nov 9		Module Freeze: new modules for 2.30 are chosen now.
8	Nov 16	GNOME 2.29.2 unstable tarballs due		New a11y infrastructure must be in place. If there will be regressions we define them now and clearly announce them in advance for 3.0. Less than 5 modules depending on libgnome. Less than 5 modules depending on libgnomeui. Less than 4 modules depending on Bonobo.
8	Nov 18	GNOME 2.29.2 unstable release
10	Nov 30	GNOME 2.29.3 unstable tarballs due		ZERO modules depending on gnome-canvas. Means: Evolution, gtkhtml, anjuta.
December
10	Dec 02	GNOME 2.29.3 unstable release
12	Dec 14	GNOME 2.28.2 stable tarballs due
12	Dec 16	GNOME 2.28.2 stable release
13	Dec 21	GNOME 2.29.4 unstable tarballs due		ZERO modules (except for libglade) depending on Bonobo/Orbit. ZERO modules depending on libgnome or libgnomeui.
13	Dec 23	GNOME 2.29.4 unstable release
January 2010
16	Jan 11	GNOME 2.29.5 unstable 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@.	ZERO modules depending on libglade. All modules must have migrated from libglade to GtkBuilder.
16	Jan 13	GNOME 2.29.5 unstable release
17	Jan 18		API/ABI Freeze for 2.29.x: developer APIs should be frozen at this point.
18	Jan 25	GNOME 2.29.6 unstable tarballs due	Feature Freeze: new functionality is chosen now.
18	Jan 27	GNOME 2.29.6 unstable release
February
19	Feb 01		New APIs must be fully documented Writing of release notes begins
20	Feb 08	GNOME 2.29.90 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@)
20	Feb 10	GNOME 2.29.90 beta release
22	Feb 22	GNOME 2.29.91 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@).	GTK and Glib 3 must be released.
22	Feb 24	GNOME 2.29.91 beta release
March
24	Mar 08	GNOME 2.29.92 rc tarballs due
24	Mar 10	GNOME 2.29.92 rc release
25	Mar 15		Hard Code Freeze: no source code changes can be made without approval from the release-team. Translation and documentation can continue.
27	Mar 29	GNOME 2.30.0 newstable tarballs due	Hard Code Freeze ends, but other freezes remain in effect for the stable branch.	We accept potential predefined regressions in a11y. We clearly announce these regressions in the release notes. We have a nice release notes. We have a huge party with lots of icecream.
27	Mar 31	GNOME 2.30.0 newstable release
April
31	Apr 26	GNOME 2.30.1 newstable tarballs due
31	Apr 28	GNOME 2.30.1 newstable release