This is the release schedule for &os; &local.rel;. For more information about the release engineering process, please see the Release Engineering section of the web site.
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&beta.local.where; &beta2.local.where;| Action | Expected | Actual | Description | |
| Initial release schedule announcement | - | 29 May 2017 | Release Engineers send announcement email to developers with a rough schedule. | |
| Release schedule reminder | 28 June 2017 | 28 June 2017 | Release Engineers send reminder announcement e-mail to developers with updated schedule. | |
| Code slush begins | 28 July 2017 | 31 July 2017 | Release Engineers announce that all further commits to the &local.branch.stable; branch will not require explicit approval, however new features should be avoided. | |
| Code freeze begins | 11 August 2017 | 11 August 2017 | Release Engineers announce that all further commits to the &local.branch.stable; branch will require explicit approval. Certain blanket approvals will be granted for narrow areas of development, documentation improvements, etc. | |
| BETA1 builds begin | 18 August 2017 | 18 August 2017 | First beta test snapshot. | |
| BETA2 builds begin | 25 August 2017 | 25 August 2017 | Second beta test snapshot. | |
| BETA3 builds begin * | 1 September 2017 | 1 September 2017 | Third beta test snapshot. | |
| BETA4 builds begin * | 8 September 2017 | 8 September 2017 | Fourth beta test snapshot. | |
| &local.branch.releng; branch | 15 September 2017 | 15 September 2017 | Subversion branch created; future release engineering proceeds on this branch. | |
| RC1 builds begin | 15 September 2017 | 15 September 2017 | First release candidate. | |
| &local.branch.stable; thaw | 17 September 2017 | 17 September 2017 | The code freeze on the &local.branch.stable; branch is lifted. | |
| RC2 builds begin | 22 September 2017 | 22 September 2017 | Second release candidate. | |
| RELEASE builds begin | 29 September 2017 | -- | +29 September 2017 | &local.rel;-RELEASE builds begin. |
| RELEASE announcement | 3 October 2017 | - | &local.rel;-RELEASE press release. | |
| Turn over to the secteam | - | - | &local.branch.releng; branch is handed over to the &os; Security Officer Team in one or two weeks after the announcement. |
"*" indicates "as-needed" items.
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