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KDE 4.3 is the third feature release for KDE 4. All dates given here are subject to revision, but we will try our best to stick to them if possible. The KDE Release Team is acting as the coordinator for the 4.3 release.
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== KDE 4.3 ==
 
 
=== March 17th, 2009: Soft Feature Freeze ===
Trunk is frozen for feature commits that are not listed in the [[Schedules/KDE4/4.3_Feature_Plan | planned feature document]]. Only bugfixes and the code implementing the listed features are to be committed. The feature list also closes today.
 
Features not already finished or listed on the planned features page will have to wait until KDE 4.4.
 
=== March 24th, 2008: Tag KDE 4.3 Alpha 1 ===
Trunk is frozen for Alpha 1 release tagging. Only urgent fixes, such as those fixing compilation errors, should be committed.
 
Alpha 1 will be source only - without translations.
 
=== March 31st, 2008: Release KDE 4.3 Alpha 1 ===
Alpha 1 becomes available for general consumption.
 
=== April 21st, 2008: Hard Feature Freeze ===
Trunk is frozen for all feature commits, even those listed in the planned feature document. Only bug fixes are allowed. Binary compatibility for new API is not yet required.
 
=== April 21st, 2008: Message Freeze. ===
All translated messages (GUI strings) are frozen on this date. Only previously untranslated strings or clear errors in strings can be fixed. <b>No major new strings changes should be done.</b> It is ok to remove strings.
 
=== April 21th, 2008: Tag KDE 4.3 Beta 1 ===
Trunk is frozen for Beta 1 release tagging. Only urgent fixes, such as those fixing compilation errors, should be committed. The usual beta rules apply as soon as the Beta tarballs have been generated.
 
=== April 28th, 2008: Release KDE 4.3 Beta 1 ===
Beta 1 becomes available for general consumption.
 
=== May 5th, 2008: Documentation/Handbook Freeze ===
No more substantive changes to documentation or handbooks after this date. Typos, spelling and simple grammar changes are permitted.
 
=== May 19th, 2008: Tag KDE 4.3 Beta 2 ===
Trunk is frozen for Beta 2 release tagging. Only urgent fixes, such as those fixing compilation errors, should be committed.
 
=== May 26th, 2008: Release KDE 4.3 Beta 2 ===
Beta 2 becomes available for general consumption.
 
=== June 9th, 2009: Artwork and Bindings Freeze ===
All artwork is frozen on this date. <b>No new artwork should be added.</b> Existing artwork can continue to be tweaked and fixed.
 
No new additions to the language bindings, except optional bindings as permitting by the kde-bindings team.
 
=== June 9th, 2009: Tag KDE 4.3 RC 1 ===
Trunk is frozen for RC 1 release tagging. Only urgent fixes, such as those fixing compilation errors, should be committed.
 
=== June 16th, 2009: Release KDE 4.3 RC 1 ===
RC 1 becomes available for general consumption. Incoming bugs will be reviewed for their severity. Additional release candidates will be created as needed.
 
=== June 23rd, 2009: Tag KDE 4.3 ===
Assuming there is only one release candidate, trunk is frozen for KDE 4.3 tagging. Only urgent fixes, such as those fixing compilation errors, should be committed.
 
=== June 30th, 2009: Release KDE 4.3 ===
KDE 4.3 becomes available for general consumption.

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