GNOME 2.7/2.8 Proposed Schedule

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

Good morning everyone,

Welcome to GNOME 2.7 - it's fun-crazy-hack-time again! :-)

We're trying something slightly different with the schedule this time, to
see if we can push back the freezes a little bit while still having a safe
and stable final release. Given that we've had a good run of high quality,
timely releases (at least internally), it's worth a try.

Remember that the schedule is *not* final, it's proposed here for your input
before we lock it down for good.

The Proposed Schedule is up on the 2.7 start page [1], and is accompanied by
a BRAND NEW webcal version [2] for you to subscribe to in Evolution 1.5 (and
various other calendar clients). The 2.7 start page also includes links to
helpful information related to the release, such as module lists for each
suite, testing guides, how to contact the release team, and so on...

 [1] http://www.gnome.org/start/2.7/
 [2] webcal://www.gnome.org/start/2.7/schedule.ics


Proposed Schedule
-----------------

Here's a cal(1) rendition of the schedule which you can quote in replies. :)

       April 2004     
  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
               1  2  3
   4  5  6  7  8  9 10
  11 12 13 14 15 16 17             .-------------.
  18 19 20 21 22 23 24  2.6.1  <--/ YOU ARE HERE /
  25 26 27 28 29 30               `-------------'
  
        May 2004      
  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
                     1
   2  3  4  5  6  7  8
   9 10 11 12 13 14 15  2.7.1
  16 17 18 19 20 21 22
  23 24 25 26 27 28 29
  30 31
  
       June 2004      
  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
         1  2  3  4  5
   6  7  8  9 10 11 12  2.7.2
  13 14 15 16 17 18 19  2.6.2
  20 21 22 23 24 25 26
  27 28 29 30           2.7.3
  
       July 2004      
  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
               1  2  3
   4  5  6  7  8  9 10
  11 12 13 14 15 16 17
  18 19 20 21 22 23 24  2.7.4: API/ABI, Feature, Module Freeze and String
  25 26 27 28 29 30 31         Change Announce Period
  
      August 2004     
  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  2.8.0 Beta 1: Hard UI Freeze
   8  9 10 11 12 13 14
  15 16 17 18 19 20 21  2.8.0 Beta 2: Hard String Freeze
  22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  29 30 31              2.8.0 RC 1 (Due): Hard Code Freeze
  
     September 2004   
  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
            1  2  3  4  2.8.0 RC 1 (Release)
   5  6  7  8  9 10 11
  12 13 14 15 16 17 18  2.8.0 Final
  19 20 21 22 23 24 25
  26 27 28 29 30


Thanks,

- Jeff

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