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| = KDE 4.0 Release Roadmap =
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| == Milestone: Subsystem Freeze ==
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| '''Date:''' 1 April 2007
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| '''Goals:'''
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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
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| 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
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| to move to /branches/stable and work from there.
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| * The buildsystem requirements are fixed; i.e, must not require a
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| 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
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| '''Goals:'''
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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
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| 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
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| kde-core-devel mailinglist with an explanation and the code. If there
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| 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
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| '''Goals:'''
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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
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| and fixing all bugs.
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| * The main module maintainers must indicate if they will follow the release
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| 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
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| '''End:''' 24 September 2007
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| '''Duration:''' 3 months (estimated)
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| '''Goals:'''
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| * From this date forward, a Beta Version will be published every month
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| 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
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| 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
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| '''End:''' 22 October 2007
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| '''Duration:''' 4 weeks (estimated)
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| '''Goals:'''
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| * From this date forward, a Release Candidate will be released every
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| two weeks until *all* grave bugs are resolved.
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| * After the first Release Candidate there is a total release freeze.
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| This means only regressions (breakage caused due to the KDE4 port)
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| 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
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| included with the KDE 4.0 release will be made available, based on the
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| usual rules.
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| == Milestone: KDE 4.0 Released ==
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| '''Date:''' 23 October 2007
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| '''Goals:'''
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| * This date is based on an estimated 3 Beta's and 2 Release Candidates.
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