Week

Date

Task

Notes

September

-2

Sep 03

Start of new (app) modules proposal period

0

Sep 17

GNOME 2.20.0 stable tarballs due

Sep 19

GNOME 2.20.0 stable release

October

4

Oct 15

GNOME 2.20.1 stable tarballs due

Oct 17

GNOME 2.20.1 stable release

6

Oct 29

GNOME 2.21.1 unstable tarballs due

End of new (app) modules proposal period

Oct 31

GNOME 2.21.1 unstable release

November

8

Nov 12

GNOME 2.21.2 unstable tarballs due

Nov 14

GNOME 2.21.2 unstable release

10

Nov 26

GNOME 2.20.2 stable tarballs due

Nov 28

GNOME 2.20.2 stable release

December

11

Dec 03

GNOME 2.21.3 unstable tarballs due

Dec 05

GNOME 2.21.3 unstable release

13

Dec 17

GNOME 2.21.4 unstable tarballs due

Module inclusion discussion heats up.
String Change Announcement Period: All string changes must be announced to both gnome-i18n@ and gnome-doc-list@.
UI Change Announcement Period: All user interface changes must be announced to gnome-doc-list@.

Dec 19

GNOME 2.21.4 unstable release

January

16

Jan 07

GNOME 2.20.3 stable tarballs due

Release Team meets about new module decisions for 2.22 with community input up to this point.
API/ABI Freeze for 2.21.x: developer APIs should be frozen at this point.

Jan 09

GNOME 2.20.3 stable release

17

Jan 14

GNOME 2.21.5 unstable tarballs due

Feature and Module Freeze: new modules and functionality are chosen now.

Jan 16

GNOME 2.21.5 unstable release

18

Jan 21

New APIs must be fully documented
Writing of release notes begins

19

Jan 28

GNOME 2.21.90 beta tarballs due

UI Freeze: No UI changes may be made without approval from the release-team and notification to the GDP (gnome-doc-list@)

Jan 30

GNOME 2.21.90 beta release

February

21

Feb 11

GNOME 2.21.91 beta tarballs due

String Freeze: no string changes may be made without confirmation from the l10n team (gnome-i18n@) and notification to both the release team and the GDP (gnome-doc-list@).

Feb 13

GNOME 2.21.91 beta release

23

Feb 25

GNOME 2.21.92 rc tarballs due

Feb 27

GNOME 2.21.92 rc release

March

24

Mar 03

Hard Code Freeze: no source code changes can be made without approval from the release-team. Translation and documentation can continue.

25

Mar 10

GNOME 2.22.0 newstable tarballs due

Hard Code Freeze ends, but other freezes remain in effect for the stable branch.

Mar 12

GNOME 2.22.0 newstable release

April

29

Apr 07

GNOME 2.22.1 newstable tarballs due

Apr 09

GNOME 2.22.1 newstable release