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| All dates given here are subject to revision, but we will try our best to stick to them if possible.
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| The KDE Technical Working Group is acting as release coordinator for the 4.0 releases
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| == Already released ==
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| ===Technical Preview 1===
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| '''Date:''' August 2006<br />
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| Release date of the [http://dot.kde.org/1155935483/ first technical preview], a developer release.
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| ===Technical Preview 2===
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| '''Date:''' November 2006<br />
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| Release date of the [http://dot.kde.org/1162475911/ second technical preview], a developer release.
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| ===Technical Preview 3===
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| '''Date:''' February 2007<br />
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| Release date of the [http://dot.kde.org/1172249109/ third technical preview], a developer release.
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| The kdelibs API will remain as stable as possible after that, so that application developers (in particular those not having their code in the KDE SVN) can start porting towards a stable kdelibs API.
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| Of course the applications in the KDE SVN will have been ported all along, and it will possible to alpha-test them at this stage.
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| == Upcoming releases ==
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| === Milestone: Subsystem Freeze===
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| '''Date:''' 1 April 2007<br />
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| '''Goals:'''<br />
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| *From this date forward, no major KDE subsystem can be committed to kdelibs.
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| *The location of all classes are fixed within kdelibs
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| *Trunk is expected to contain KDE4 code only now. This effectively means that all scripts processing translations for KDE3 in trunk will cease.
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| *Extragear applications that want to release based on KDE3 are expected to move to /branches/stable and work from there.
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| * The buildsystem requirements are fixed; i.e, must not require a version of cmake greater than 2.4.5.
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| === Milestone: Alpha Release + kdelibs soft API Freeze ===
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| '''Date:''' 1 May 2007<br />
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| '''Goals:'''<br />
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| * Qt 4.3 is required from here until release.
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| * The kdelibs API is frozen. This means that the classes and interfaces are not allowed to change, except with permission of the core developers.
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| * To make an API change, post a kdelibs API exception request to the kde-core-devel mailinglist with an explanation and the code. If there are no objections after a week, the change can be committed.
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| '''Note''': all affected modules must continue to compile and work as expected.
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| === Milestone: Feature Freeze ===
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| '''Date:''' 1 June 2007<br />
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| '''Goals:'''<br />
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| *The KDE main modules are frozen for new features.
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| *No new features are allowed, the focus is on stabilizing the applications and fixing all bugs.
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| *The main module maintainers must indicate if they will follow the release schedule or will divert and not be released together with KDE 4.0.
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| === Milestone: Beta Cycle, Full kdelibs API Freeze ===
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| '''Start''': 25 June 2007<br />
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| '''End:''' 24 September 2007<br />
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| '''Duration:''' 3 months (estimated)<br />
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| '''Goals:'''<br />
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| *From this date forward, a Beta Version will be published every month until most grave bugs are resolved.
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| *The kdelibs API is now frozen solid.
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| *Translations are included starting with the second Beta, thus beginning a string freeze. Exceptions can be requested on the kde-i18n mailinglist.
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| === Milestone: Release Candidate Cycle ===
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| '''Start:''' 25 September 2007 <br />
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| '''End:''' 22 October 2007 <br />
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| '''Duration:''' 4 weeks (estimated)<br />
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| '''Goals:'''<br />
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| *From this date forward, a Release Candidate will be released every two weeks until *all* grave bugs are resolved.
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| * After the first Release Candidate there is a total release freeze. This means only regressions (breakage caused due to the KDE4 port) or grave bugs can be fixed, but nothing else.
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| * With the first Release Candidate, a list of languages which will be included with the KDE 4.0 release will be made available, based on the usual rules.
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| === Milestone: KDE 4.0 Released ===
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| '''Date:''' 23 October 2007<br />
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| '''Goals:'''<br />
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| * This date is based on an estimated 3 Beta's and 2 Release Candidates.
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