This week's release

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

Hi all,

We are not ready for the 'B' word yet. :) So, we have our very last schedule
change before the 2.0 desktop release... This week's release will be 'Alpha
2', further releases have been pushed back two weeks - this includes the
various freeze dates. You can find the revised schedule here
<http://developer.gnome.org/dotplan/schedule/>, or at the end of this email.

Depending on your timezone, packages are due today. Please make tarballs
available as soon as possible so we can test the build before it goes out.

Without further ado, everyone's favourite gameshow: YOU... ARE... HERE!

                         GNOME 2.0 Release Schedule
                         ==========================

   October 24 Package List FREEZE - package list for Gnome 2.0 finalized
   October 31 PACKAGES DUE - Gnome 2. Platform Alpha 2
   November 2 RELEASE - Gnome 2.0 Platform Alpha 2
   November 2 API FREEZE - any further API changes must be individually
     approved [1]
   November 23 Feature FREEZE - no feature additions for core packages
     w/o approval of release team [1]

Revised Schedule - 2001-12-10

   December 10 PACKAGES DUE - Gnome 2.0 API Frozen Platform Beta
   December 14 RELEASE - Gnome 2.0 API Frozen Platform Beta
   January 14 PACKAGES DUE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Alpha [2]
   January 16 RELEASE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Alpha

Revised Schedule - 2002-01-25

   .-------------.
  / YOU ARE HERE /  today is an interesting date! release! release!
  `-------------'

   January 28 PACKAGES DUE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Alpha 2 [2]
   January 30 RELEASE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Alpha 2
   February 11 UI FREEZE - no more UI changes w/o approval of release
     team (excludes 1.4 feature porting) [1]
   February 11 PACKAGES DUE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Beta [2]
   February 13 Porting FREEZE - porting complete as per GNOME 2.0 Porting
     Guide [1]
   February 13 RELEASE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Beta
   February 18 String FREEZE - no more localizable string changes w/o
     approval of release team [1]
   March 4 PACKAGES DUE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Release Candidate 1 [2]
   March 6 DEEP FREEZE - release team approved fixes only from now to
     final [1]
   March 6 RELEASE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Release Candidate 1
   March 27 PACKAGES DUE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Final [2]
   March 29 RELEASE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Final

- Jeff

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