Projects/Release Team

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    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 4.0.4 to be tagged by the end of April 2008. Bugfix / translation updates are being shipped on a monthly schedule.
    • 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 Olivier Goffart
    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 Stefan Böhmann
    kdeutils Miscellaneous utilities help wanted
    kdevplatform KDE Development Applications Platform libraries Matt Rogers
    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