THIS IS JUST A PROPOSAL

THIS IS NOT OFFICIAL

All deadlines are due 23:59 UTC, but if you need a few more hours, notify someone from the release team.

Applications in 16.04 can be based on kdelibs4 or KDE Frameworks 5 at maintainers decision, basically we will release whatever is in master of the repository. Please make sure all your dependencies or people that depend on you are aware of your decision to not cause problems.

Wednesday, March 16, 2016: KDE Applications 16.04 Dependency Freeze

From this moment on it is not allowed to add new dependencies or bump dependencies versions. It is possible to get an exception for this. Post the patch to reviewboard and add the release-team as reviewer. We will check if the dependency is needed and is available on all platforms.

In other words: If you have a feature that requires a new dependency or a version of a dependency that is higher than currently checked for in the build system, you need to have committed this change before this date.

Wednesday, March 23 2016: KDE Applications 16.04 Freeze and Beta (16.03.80) tag & release

Only bugfixes from this point on.
User visible strings are frozen: exceptions need approval from [email protected].
Documentation (handbook) is frozen: exceptions need approval from [email protected].

Beta is tagged (tag name is v16.03.80). As soon as the tarballs have been confirmed to build and the Release Team thinks they meet enough quality it will be released.

Wednesday, April 6, 2016: KDE Applications 16.04 RC (16.03.90) Tagging and Release

Release Candidate is tagged (tag name is v16.03.90). As soon as the tarballs have been confirmed to build and the Release Team thinks they meet enough quality it will be released

Wednesday, April 13, 2016: KDE Applications 16.04 Tagging

The branch is frozen for final release tagging (tag name is v16.04.0). Only urgent fixes, such as those fixing compilation errors, should be committed.

Wednesday, April 20, 2016: KDE Applications 16.04 Release

Final release is released for general consumption.

Thursday, May 5, 2016: KDE Applications 16.04.1 tagging

Minor release is tagged and made available to the packagers.

Tuesday, May 10 2016: KDE Applications 16.04.1 release

Minor release is released to the public.

Thursday, June 9, 2016: KDE Applications 16.04.2 tagging

Minor release is tagged and made available to the packagers.

Tuesday, June 14, 2016: KDE Applications 16.04.2 release

Minor release is released to the public.

Thursday, July 7, 2016: KDE Applications 16.04.3 tagging

Minor release is tagged and made available to the packagers.

Tuesday, July 12, 2016: KDE Applications 16.04.3 release

Minor release is released to the public.