[dot] KDE 4.0 Release Schedule Revised

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URL: http://dot.kde.org/1189160442/

From: Sebastian Kügler <sebas at kde.org>
Dept: release-team
Date: Friday 07/Sep/2007, @03:20

KDE 4.0 Release Schedule Revised
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     The KDE Release Team has revised the release  schedule for KDE 4.0
[http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.0_Release_Schedule]. The first
visible bits of KDE 4.0 will be the KDE Development Platform release on
October, 30. This Development Platform release  consists of bits and
pieces needed to develop KDE applications. It includes kdesupport,
kdelibs, kdepimlibs  and kdebase/runtime. The purpose of the KDE
Development Platform release is to make it  easier for third party
developers to port their applications to KDE4 technology and to start
developing  new applications.  The final and long awaited release of the
KDE Desktop 4.0 is planned for  December, 11th 2007, well in time to be
a Christmas present for everyone who  has been longing for KDE 4.0.

     The revised release schedule looks like this:

    *  October, 2nd: KDE 4.0 Beta 3
    *  October, 19th: Total Release Freeze, only critical bugfixes are
      allowed to get in.  If in doubt, ask the release coordinator.
    *  October, 30th: KDE 4.0 Release Candidate 1
    *  November, 14th: KDE 4.0 Release Candidate 2
    *  December, 11th: KDE 4.0

     Tagging of those releases takes place on the Wednesday before the
release, so if you are a developer, make sure to have your code in by
the following dates:

    *  September, 26th: Tagging Beta3
    *  October, 19th: Total Release Freeze, critical bugfixes only from
      this date
    *  October, 24th: Tagging RC1
    *  November, 14th: Tagging RC2
    *  December, 5th: Tagging 4.0

     The Release Team would like to stress that developers should be in
'release mode' by now, concentrating on making KDE4 usable as quickly as
possible. Start using the current SVN version and help us fixing bugs.