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    Codebase is frozen for new features. Only bugfixes are allowed. (Exception: Features in Wayland-only codepaths, decided by Martin Grässlin). All translated messages (GUI strings) are frozen on this date. Only previously untranslated strings or clear errors in strings can be fixed. No major new strings changes should be done. You cannot add new strings, if you really need one ask kde-i18n-doc for an exception. It is ok to remove strings.
    Codebase is frozen for new features. Only bugfixes are allowed. (Exception: Features in Wayland-only codepaths, decided by Martin Grässlin). All translated messages (GUI strings) are frozen on this date. Only previously untranslated strings or clear errors in strings can be fixed. No major new strings changes should be done. You cannot add new strings, if you really need one ask kde-i18n-doc for an exception. It is ok to remove strings.


    === Tue, 6th May: Beta ===
    === Fri, 9th May: Beta ===
    Beta is tagged from trunk. As soon as the tarballs have been confirmed to build and the Release Team thinks they meet enough quality it will be released
    Beta is tagged from trunk. As soon as the tarballs have been confirmed to build and the Release Team thinks they meet enough quality it will be released



    Revision as of 10:20, 30 April 2014

    This page contains the planned release schedule for Plasma Next. This schedule is our best guess at this point, in case the quality is not deemed good enough before the final release, it is subject to revision. All deadlines are due 23:59 UTC, but if you need a few more hours, notify someone from the release team.

    Mon, 10th March: Soft Freeze

    Codebase is closed for new, unplanned features. Only planned features and bugfixes are allowed in past this point.

    Tue, 1st April: Alpha 1

    Alpha1 is tagged from trunk. As soon as the tarballs have been confirmed to build and the Release Team thinks they meet enough quality it will be released

    Thu, 1st May: Message & Hard Freeze

    Codebase is frozen for new features. Only bugfixes are allowed. (Exception: Features in Wayland-only codepaths, decided by Martin Grässlin). All translated messages (GUI strings) are frozen on this date. Only previously untranslated strings or clear errors in strings can be fixed. No major new strings changes should be done. You cannot add new strings, if you really need one ask kde-i18n-doc for an exception. It is ok to remove strings.

    Fri, 9th May: Beta

    Beta is tagged from trunk. As soon as the tarballs have been confirmed to build and the Release Team thinks they meet enough quality it will be released

    Tue, 27th May: RC1

    RC1 is tagged from trunk. As soon as the tarballs have been confirmed to build and the Release Team thinks they meet enough quality it will be released

    Thu, 29th May: Artwork freeze

    All artwork is frozen on this date. No new artwork should be added. Existing artwork can continue to be tweaked and fixed. Changing the default wallpaper is allowed past this date.

    Tue, 10th June: Tagging Plasma 2014.6

    The branch is frozen for final release tagging. Only urgent fixes, such as those fixing compilation errors, should be committed.

    Tue, 17th June: Plasma 2014.6 Final

    Final release is released for general consumption.