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| KDE is becoming a very big project. To be able to make a release of KDE a lot
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| of cooperation between all developers is needed. To make clear to everyone
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| what is required to make a successful release a schedule is made.
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| This schedule should be seen as a guideline and not as a strict scheme.
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| To get involved with KDE releases, please join the [http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Release_Team Release Team] | |
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| Hopefully this release schedule can contribute to the fun and quality of KDE.
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| == KDE Release Schedules ==
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| Two schedules are presented here. A major release takes approx. 5 (!!) months
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| from the first announcement to the final release. A minor release takes approx.
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| 2 months. Schedules for [[#Schedule (Major Release)|major]]
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| releases and for [[#Schedule (Minor Release)|minor]] releases.
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| The dates mentioned serve as an indication only. They reflect the expected
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| duration of a certain phase. If required by the circumstances, the release
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| dude is free to increase the time between steps. In this case, the release
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| dude will inform all KDE mailinglists about the adjustments in the release
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| schedule as well as the reason for the adjustments.
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| ''Example:'' "The KFM authors want to add javascript support in KHTML before
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| the freeze and will need at least 3 more weeks for this. Therefore the
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| freeze of the KDE libraries has been delayed till at least 1 Aug 2001."
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| If a developer would like to see the release delayed he/she should inform
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| the release dude about this as soon as possible. The release dude will
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| decide whether the release will be delayed or not. (Possibly after
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| consulting others)
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| ''Example:'' "Can we wait with the release till Qt3.54 has been released?
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| I want to use the xyz widget the Trolls have added in my abc application."
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| === Schedule (Major Release) ===
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| '''Step 1'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| '''Start of the Release'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| '''Date:''' wk 0
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| * A release dude is appointed who will implement this schedule.
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| * It is decided which libraries will be released.
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| * A [[#release_announcement|Release Announcement]] is made which is also published on the appropriate mailing lists.
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| ||'''Evaluation''' || || '''Date:''' wk 3
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| * It is evaluated whether the next step needs to be delayed. <br />A [[#release_announcement|Release Announcement]] is made with the result of the evaluation.
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | '''Step 2'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | '''Library Freeze'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | '''Date:''' wk 4
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| * [[#core_lib|Core libraries]] are [[#feature_freeze|feature-frozen]] for the SVN trunk.
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| * It is decided which applications will be released.
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| * A [[#release_announcement|Release Announcement]] is made.
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| ||'''Evaluation''' || || '''Date:''' wk 7
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| * It is evaluated whether the next step needs to be delayed.<br /> A [[#release_announcement|Release Announcement]] is made with the result of the evaluation.
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | '''Step 3'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | '''Application Freeze'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | '''Date:''' wk 8
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| * [[#core_lib|Core libraries]] enter [[#deep_freeze|deep-freeze]] for the SVN trunk.
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| * [[#core_app|Core applications]] are [[#feature_freeze|feature-frozen]] for the SVN trunk.
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| * An alpha-release is made in both source and binary form.
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| * It is decided which libraries will be released.
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| * A [[#release_announcement|Release Announcement]] is made.
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| ||'''Evaluation''' || || '''Date:''' wk 11
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| * It is evaluated whether the next step needs to be delayed.<br />A [[#release_announcement|Release Announcement]] is made with the result of the evaluation.
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | '''Step 4'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | '''Ready for translation'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | '''Date:''' wk 12
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| * [[#core_lib|Core libraries]] are [[#deep_freeze|deep-frozen]] for the SVN trunk.
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| * [[#core_app|Core applications]] are [[#deep_freeze|deep-frozen]] for the SVN trunk.
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| * A source-only beta-release is made which will be translated.
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| * A [[#release_announcement|Release Announcement]] is made.
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| * A "What's Changed?" should be written!!
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| ||'''Evaluation''' || || '''Date:''' wk 15
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| * It is evaluated whether the next step needs to be delayed. <br /> A [[#release_announcement|Release Announcement]] is made with the result of the evaluation.
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | '''Step 5'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | '''Final Release'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | '''Date:''' wk 16
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| * Debugging messages are turned off by default.
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| * The code is checked for left over debug output.
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| * A source-only gamma-release is made without translations.
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| * The SVN trunk is copied to tags/
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| * All parts are free to modify again.
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| * A [[#release_announcement|Release Announcement]] is made which is also published on the appropriate mailing lists.
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| * Translations can finalize and packagers can start to prepare themselves.
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| * The "What's changed?" should be finished by now!
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| * A "Press Release" should be written.
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| ||'''Evaluation''' || || '''Date:''' wk 18
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| * It is evaluated whether the next step needs to be delayed.<br /> A [[#release_announcement|Release Announcement]] is made if the next step is delayed.
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | '''Step 6'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | '''Tagging of the Release'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | '''Date:''' wk 18
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| |colspan="3"|This should happen during a weekend.
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| * All translations should be finished and have been put into SVN.
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| * The gamma-release is now the final-release. It should not have changed much since the previous step. The according tags/ copy is created in SVN.
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| * The tarballs of the release are made available to the packagers (and the packagers only).
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| * The creation of the tarballs are announced to kde-pr and kde-distributors. (These lists are not world readable) The translators are informed as well.
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| * The FTP-mirror maintainers are informed about the upcoming release and the mirrors.html file is updated (on both ftp and www).
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | '''Step 7'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | '''Final Release'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | '''Date:''' wk 19
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| |colspan="3"|This should happen on a Monday, one week after Step 6.
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| * kde-pr sends out the press release.
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| * kde-pr informs all KDE lists and updates the web-pages.
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| * Announcements to comp.os.linux.announce, comp.windows.x.kde, de.alt.comp.kde and possibly others are made.
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| * The binary and source packages are made world-wide available on the ftp-server.
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| * The release is complete.
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| * '''<font size="+2">PARTY!!!!</font>'''
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| === Schedule (Minor Release) ===
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| '''Step 1'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| '''Start of the Release'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| '''Date:''' wk 0
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| * A release dude is appointed who will implement this schedule.
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| * It is decided which applications and libraries will be released.
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| * A [[#release_announcement|Release Announcement]] is made which is also published on the appropriate mailing lists.
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| * It is evaluated whether the next step needs to be delayed.<br /> A [[#release_announcement|Release Announcement]] is made with the result of the evaluation.
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| '''Step 2'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| '''Application Freeze'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| '''Date:''' wk 4
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| * [[#core_lib|Core libraries]] enter [[#deep_freeze|deep-freeze]] for the SVN branch to release.
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| * [[#core_app|Core applications]] are [[#feature_freeze|feature-frozen]] for the SVN branch to release.
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| * A [[#release_announcement|Release Announcement]] is made.
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| ||'''Evaluation''' || || '''Date:''' wk 6
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| * It is evaluated whether the next step needs to be delayed.<br />A [[#release_announcement|Release Announcement]] is made with the result of the evaluation.
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| '''Step 3'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| '''Ready for translation'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| '''Date:''' wk 6
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| * [[#core_lib|Core libraries]] are [[#deep_freeze|deep-frozen]] for the SVN branch to release.
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| * [[#core_app|Core applications]] are [[#deep_freeze|deep-frozen]] for the SVN branch to release.
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| * Debugging messages are turned off by default.
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| * The code is checked for left over debug output.
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| * The SVN branch is created
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| * A source-only gamma-release is made which can be translated. Packagers can prepare themselves using the gamma-release.
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| * A [[#release_announcement|Release Announcement]] is made.
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| * A "What's changed?" should be written.
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| * A "Press Release" should be written.
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| '''Step 4'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| '''Final Release'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| '''Date:''' wk 8
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| |colspan="3"|This should happen during a weekend.
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| * All translations should be finished and have been put into SVN.
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| * The gamma-release is now the final-release. It should not have changed since the previous step. The release tags/ path is created in SVN.
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| * The tarballs of the release are made available to the packagers. (And the packagers only).
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| * The creation of the tarballs are announced to kde-pr and kde-distributors. (These lists are not world readable) The translators are informed as well.
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| * The FTP-mirror maintainers are informed about the upcoming release and the mirrors.html file is updated. (on both ftp and www)
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| '''Step 5'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| '''Final Release'''
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| |bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| '''Date:''' wk 9
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| |colspan="3"|This should happen on a Monday, one week after Step 4.
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| * kde-pr sends out the press release.
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| * kde-pr informs all KDE lists and updates the web-pages.
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| * Announcements to comp.os.linux.announce, comp.windows.x.kde, de.alt.comp.kde and possibly others are made.
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| * The binary and source packages are made world-wide available on the ftp-server.
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| * The release is complete.
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| * '''<font size="+2">PARTY!!!!</font>'''
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| == Terms ==
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| ;<div id="major_rel">Major Release</div>
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| :A major KDE release has two version numbers, eg KDE 1.1. Only a major KDE release will incorporate new features.
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| ;<div id="minor_rel">Minor Release</div>
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| :For minor releases a shortened release schedule will be used. A minor KDE release has three version numbers, eg. KDE 1.1.1. A minor KDE release concentrates on fixing bugs, minor glitches and small usability issues. A minor release is based on a SVN branch of a previous release and does not affect the trunk of SVN.
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| ;<div id="release_announcement">Release Announcement</div>
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| :A Release Announcement is an announcement related to a release and coupled to a certain step or evaluation. A Release Announcement is sent to ALL KDE mailinglists. It contains a pointer to this document ("KDE Release Schedule") The anouncement includes the current state of the release and describes which parts of SVN are free to modify, feature-frozen or deep-frozen. Each announcement includes in a "What Next?" section what the next step of the release will be and how many weeks/days are left till this step is reached. Release Announcements are repeated weekly, if the next step is within the next week, the announcement is repeated daily.
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| ;<div id="no_freeze">Free to modify</div>
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| :No special restrictions with regard to changes.
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| ;<div id="feature_freeze">Feature frozen</div>
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| :No new features, texts may be changed, focus should be on bug fixing.
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| ;<div id="deep_freeze">Deep frozen</div>
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| :No new features, no changes of texts, only severe bugs may be fixed after two developers have seen a patch and agreed on it.
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| ;<div id="core_lib">Core libraries</div>
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| :All the libraries which will be released.
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| ;<div id="core_app">Core applications</div>
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| :All the applications which will be released.
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