Re: .92 tarball deadline and hard code freeze

[Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro gnome org>]

On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 3:39 pm, Michael Catanzaro 
<mcatanzaro gnome org> wrote:
> Schedule:
>
> * Saturday, Feb 29: 3.35.92 tarball deadline and hard code freeze
> * Saturday, March 7: 3.36.0 tarball deadline
> * Wednesday, March 11: GNOME 3.36.0 release day

Another important date is Wednesday, March 4. For the first time, we 
have a translation deadline, at 23:59 UTC on March 4. Please do not 
release any 3.36.0 tarballs before March 5 in order to give translators 
time to finish their work. If you can't release 3.36.0 during the tight 
window between March 5 and March 7, please let release team know so we 
can do it for you.

I noticed we had some 3.34.4 releases recently with no changes except 
to translations. This churn results in users being prompted to reboot 
to install updates that are not applicable except in select locales. 
Since 3.36, we now have a translation deadline baked into the schedule, 
so there's no longer need to roll stable tarballs just for late 
translations. (And certainly we should avoid this so late as .4.)

Thanks,

Michael