Projects/Release Team

The KDE Release Team Project Page

Purpose

The purpose of the KDE Release Team is to define and execute the official software releases of KDE.

The Release Team is responsible for setting release schedules for the official KDE releases. This includes release dates, deadlines for individual release steps and restrictions for code changes.

The Release Team coordinates release dates with the marketing and press efforts of KDE.

Members

The Release Team is composed of Module Coordinators, Marketing Team liaison (sebas), and the people who actually do the work of tagging and creating the releases (dirk).

As is our tradition, decision making is an open and public process and we welcome input from all concerned parties, including our partners, the packagers, and the distros.

Contact

Please contact the Release Team by email or join our public mailing list.

Current Activities

• The 4.0 branch is in bugfixing mode, preparing for 4.0.1 to be tagged by the end of Jan 2008
• Trunk is open for new features, new strings, bugfixing, and new artwork in preparation for 4.1.0 expected in Jul-Aug 2008

Module Coordinators

Functions

Module coordinators perform the following duties:

• primary point of contact for the Release Team concerning issues with the module
• help determine release schedules
• communicate release schedules with the module developers
• provide feedback from developers to the Release Team
• review new applications for inclusion in the module
• review old, unmaintained applications for removal from the modules and help find new maintainers
• review external dependencies for the module
• help set and review goals for major and feature releases
• help with release preparation (eg. update application version numbers)

Coordinator List

Module	Description	Release Coordinator
kdelibs	KDE foundational libraries	help wanted
kdepimlibs	KDE personal information libraries	Allen Winter
kdebase-runtime	Applications required by KDE apps to function properly at runtime, such as a help browser, framework (e.g. phonon, solid) backends, and certain configuration modules	help wanted
kdebase-workspace	the UNIX/Linux desktop shell	help wanted
kdebase-apps	Essential apps needed to complement a desktop shell for basic functionality (web browser, file manager, ...)	help wanted
kdeaccessibility	Accessibility applications	Gunnar Schmi Dt
kdeartwork	Additional icons, styles, etc.	help wanted
kdeadmin	Tools for system administration	Nicolas Ternisien
kdeedu	Applications with educational content	Anne-Marie Mahfouf
kdegames	Entertainment	Johann Ollivier-Lapeyre
kdegraphics	Graphics viewing and editing	Aaron Seigo
kdemultimedia	Audio and video applications	Matthias Kretz
kdenetwork	Network-centric apps (IM, remote desktop, etc)	Urs Wolfer
kdepim	Groupware	Allen Winter
kdereview	Staging area	Tom Albers
kdesdk	Tools for software development	Matt Rogers
kdetoys	Fun distractions	help wanted
kdeutils	Miscellaneous utilities	help wanted
kdevelop	IDE	Matt Rogers
kdewebdev	Web development tool suite	Andras Mantia
extragear	Extragear	Helio Chissini de Castro
l10n-kde4	Localization	Albert Astals Cid
koffice	KOffice	Boudewijn Rempt